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Identification of glacial meltwater runoff in a karstic environment and its implication for present and future water availability

Finger, D. ; Hugentobler, A. ; Huss, Matthias ; Voinesco, A. ; Wernli, Heini ; Fischer, D. ; Weber, E. ; Jeannin, Pierre-Yves ; Kauzlaric, M. ; Wirz, A. ; Vennemann, T. ; Hüsler, F. ; Schädler, B. ; Weingartner, R.

In: Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 2013, vol. 17, no. 8, p. 3261–3277

Glaciers all over the world are expected to continue to retreat due to the global warming throughout the 21st century. Consequently, future seasonal water availability might become scarce once glacier areas have declined below a certain threshold affecting future water management strategies. Particular attention should be paid to glaciers located in a karstic environment, as parts of the...

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The Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS): the scientific strategy, the field phase, and research highlights

Wulfmeyer, Volker ; Behrendt, Andreas ; Kottmeier, Christoph ; Corsmeier, Ulrich ; Barthlott, Christian ; Craig, George C. ; Hagen, Martin ; Althausen, Dietrich ; Aoshima, Fumiko ; Arpagaus, Marco ; Bauer, Hans-Stefan ; Bennett, Lindsay ; Blyth, Alan ; Brandau, Christine ; Champollion, Cédric ; Crewell, Susanne ; Dick, Galina ; Girolamo, Paolo Di ; Dorninger, Manfred ; Dufournet, Yann ; Eigenmann, Rafael ; Engelmann, Ronny ; Flamant, Cyrille ; Foken, Thomas ; Gorgas, Theresa ; Grzeschik, Matthias ; Handwerker, Jan ; Hauck, Christian ; Höller, Hartmut ; Junkermann, Wolfgang ; Kalthoff, Norbert ; Kiemle, Christoph ; Klink, Stefan ; König, Marianne ; Krauss, Liane ; Long, Charles N. ; Madonna, Fabio ; Mobbs, Stephen ; Neininger, Bruno ; Pal, Sandip ; Peters, Gerhard ; Pigeon, Grégoire ; Richard, Evelyne ; Rotach, Mathias W. ; Russchenberg, Herman ; Schwitalla, Thomas ; Smith, Victoria ; Steinacker, Reinhold ; Trentmann, Jörg ; Turner, David D. ; Baelen, Joel van ; Vogt, Siegfried ; Volkert, Hans ; Weckwerth, Tammy ; Wernli, Heini ; Wieser, Andreas ; Wirth, Martin

In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2011, vol. 137, no. S1, p. 1–348

Within the framework of the international field campaign COPS (Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study), a large suite of state-of-the-art meteorological instrumentation was operated, partially combined for the first time. This includes networks of in situ and remote-sensing systems such as the Global Positioning System as well as a synergy of multi-wavelength passive and active...