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Research unit
FOEN
Project number
ExSt.2020.1035
Project title
Snow - HYDRO-CH2018 Synthesis Report Chapters: «Future Changes in Hydrology»

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Key words
(German)
Wasser, Studien
Key words
(English)
Water, Studies
Key words
(French)
Eaux, Études
Key words
(Italian)
Acque, Studi
Short description
(English)
Due to the great dependence on minus temperatures and precipitation, the snow cover reacts sensitively to temperatures above 0° Celsius and more or less precipitation. Due to climate change and the associated warming, the proportion of precipitation that falls as snow decreases measurably. In addition to this reduction in snowfall, the warmer temperatures also cause the snow cover to melt more quickly. The decline in snowfall has so far mainly affected lower altitudes, where winter temperatures often reach positive levels. The proportion of days with snowfall below 500 m above sea level has fallen by approx. 40% since 1961 and the water temporarily stored in the snow (snow water equivalent) in spring below 1000 m asl. even by approx. 75%.
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Contractor
(English)
ETH Zürich, Versucheanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie, Zürich
Charged budget
(English)
BAFU
Legal basis
(English)
Art. 57 Abs. 1 RVOG | Art. 57 al. 1 LOGA. | Art. 57 cpv. 1 LOGA
Copyright
(English)
Copyright, Bundesbehörden der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft | Droits d'auteur: autorités de la Confédération suisse | Diritti d'autore: autorità della Confederazione Svizzera | Dretgs d'autur: autoritads da la Confederaziun svizra | Copyright, Swiss federal authorities
Information
(English)
BAFU, Abteilung Hydrologie, 3003 Bern