In: Hydrobiologia, 2006, vol. 562, no. 1, p. 3-16
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In: pure and applied geophysics, 2005, vol. 162, no. 8-9, p. 1587-1606
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In: Hydrobiologia, 2006, vol. 562, p. 3-16
Meteorological and climatic processes in mountain regions play a key role in many environmental systems, in particular the quantity and quality of water that influences both aquatic ecosystems and economic systems often far beyond the boundaries of the mountains themselves. This paper will provide a general overview of some of the particular characteristics of mountain weather and climate, to...
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In: Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2005, vol. 162(8-9), p. 1587
This contribution provides an overview of the intricacies of mountain climates, particularly as they pertain to the European Alps. Examples will be given of issues that are related to climatic change as observed in the Alps during the course of the 20th century, and some of the physical mechanisms that may be responsible for those changes. The discussion will then focus on the problems...
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In: Swiss Medical Weekly, 2002, vol. 25-26, p. 329
This paper addresses a number of problems relating climatic change and human health. Following an introduction that outlines the over-arching issues, a short summary is given on climatic change and its anthropogenic causes. The rest of the paper then focuses on the direct and indirect impacts of global climatic change on health. Direct effects comprise changes in the hygrothermal stress response...
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In: Global and Planetary Change, 2004, vol. 44, p. 1-9
This short introductory paper illustrates some key issues concerning extremes by focusing on daily temperature extremes defined using quantiles and threshold exceedances. The examples include both a low- and a high-elevation site in the Swiss Alps where long records of homogenous daily data are readily available. The analysis of extremes highlights several features, some of them taken from...
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