COLD AND MOUNTAIN REGION HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEMS UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE: TOWARDS IMPROVED PROJECTIONS

Author / Editor: Alexander Gelfan, Daqing Yang, Yeugeniy Gusev & Harald Kunstmann
Publication Number: 360
ISBN Number: 978-1-907161-38-4
Year: 2013
Pages: 184

In cold regions, changes in hydrology related to changing climate, such as in frozen soils, snowfall/rainfall ratio, snow cover, river and lake ice, glacier cover and vegetation, are not well understood. The contributions here report new research results based on field observations, modelling and remote sensing in geographical regions ranging from Chile to the Arctic. Collectively they highlight recent progress in cold regions hydrology research and its linkage with climate change at various space and time scales, but also identify gaps and needs for future research. They cover a broad domain, including snow cover, glaciers, permafrost, streamflow, temperature, precipitation, ground­water and ecosystems.

Contents for Cold Regions Hydrology in a Changing Climate

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Preface by Alexander Gelfan et al.

v-vi

Tackling complexity in modelling mountain hydrology: where do we stand, where do we go? U. Strasser & H. Kunstmann

3-12

Rainfallâ-runoff modelling as a tool for constraining the re-analysis of daily precipitation and temperature fields in mountainous regions Nicolas le Moine, Frederic Hendrickx & Joel Gailhard

13-18

Over 100 years of climatic and hydrologic variability of a Mediterranean and mountainous watershed: the Durance River Anna Kuentz, Thibault Mathevet, Joel Gailhard, Christian Perret & Vazken Andreassian

19-25

Modelling current and future trends in water availability for agriculture on a semi-arid and mountainous Chilean catchment P. Hublart, D. Ruelland, A. Dezetter & H. Jourde

26-32

Water availability in a mountainous Andean watershed under CMIP5 climate change scenarios Ximena Vargas, Tomais Gomez, Felipe Ahumada, Eduardo Rubio, Mauricio Cartes & Maricel Gibbs

33-38

Relevance of the uncertainty in evapotranspiration inferences for surface water balance projections in mountainous catchments Freddy Soria

39-44

Comparison of satellite-based and re-analysed precipitation as input to glacio-hydrological modelling for Beas River basin, northern India Lu Li, Markus Engelhardt, Chong-Yu Xu, Sharad K. Jain & V. P. Singh

45-52

Effects of distribution level of hydrological models in mountainous catchments Hong Li, Stein Beldring & Chong-Yu Xu

53-58

Niveograph interpolation to estimate peak accumulation at two mountain sites Steven R. Fassnacht & Glenn G. Patterson

59-64

The probability of precipitation as snow derived from daily air temperature for high elevation areas of Colorado, United States S. R. Fassnacht, N. B. H. Venable, J. Khishigbayar & M. L. Cherry

65-70

Differential recession of glaciers in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, Garhwal Himalaya, India Suraj Mal & R. B. Singh

71-76

Hydrological impacts of mountain pine beetle infestation: potential for river channel changes Philip M. Marren, Marwan A. Hassan & Younes Alila

77-82

Changing surface water systems in the discontinuous permafrost zone: implications for streamflow William L. Quinton & Jennifer L. Baltzer

85-92

Modelling snowpack formation processes and meltwater runoff using the LSM SWAP under permafrost and highland conditions Yeugeniy M. Gusev & Olga N. Nasonova

93-98

Investigating the ability of a land surface model to simulate hydrological processes in cold and mountainous regions Olga N. Nasonova, Yeugeniy M. Gusev & Evgeny E. Kovalev

99-104

Assessing runoff sensitivity to climate change in the Arctic basin: empirical and modelling approaches Yu. G. Motovilov & A. N. Gelfan

105-112

Calculation and analysis of Yukon River heat flux Daqing Yang, Philip Marsh & Shaoqing Ge

113-117

Coupled modelling of soil thaw/freeze dynamics and runoff generation in permafrost landscapes, Upper Kolyma, Russia Lyudmila Lebedeva & Olga Semenova

118-124

Assessment of climate change impact on river discharge in cold and mountainous regions in Japan Yoshinobu Sato, Motohiro Honma, Yasushi Suzuki, Kenji Tanaka & Eiichi Nakakita

125-130

Exploring the relationship between polar motion and a natural river’s runoff based on Granger causality Sheng Wang & Suxia Liu

131-140

Numerical modelling of snowpack seasonal evolution in various climatic conditions Andrey B. Shmakin & Vasiliy S. Sokratov

141-147

Meteorological and climatic conditions of dynamics of the Anmangynda icing size V. R. Alekseev, M. V. Bolgov, Ye. L. Boyarintsev & N. G. Serbov

148-154

Changes in eco-hydrological systems under recent climate change in eastern Siberia Tetsuya Hiyama, Takeshi Ohta, Atsuko Sugimoto, Takeshi Yamazaki, Kazuhiro Oshima, Hitoshi Yonenobu, Kazukiyo Yamamoto, Ayumi Kotani, Hotaek Park, Yuji Kodama, Shigemi Hatt

155-160

Hydrological and geocryological controls on fluvial activity of rivers in cold environments Nikita I. Tananaev

161-167

Feature analysis and prediction of ice regime in the source region of the Yellow River Du Yi-Heng, Hao Zhen-Chun & Ju Qin

168-174

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