Sensitivity of the Runoff Characteristics of Small Alpine Catchments to Climate Change
Abstract
The SeRAC-CC project aims at applying a new concept for estimating the impacts of climate change on the behaviour of hydrological systems using the example of three small Eastern Alpine catchments differing in altitude and precipitation regime. The goals of SeRAC-CC are (i) to identify critical combinations of system states and meteorological conditions and (ii) to assess their future climate change driven occurrence probability. The main outcome refers to the evaluation of changes in the hydrological disposition of watersheds due to altered critical conditions of both, precipitation input and system states, and their effect on triggering runoff events. Thus SeRAC-CC allows for a more transparent quantification of future flood risks in Alpine catchments and supports the development of adaptation strategies.
climate change hydrological modelling small Alpine catchment flood risk adaption
Publikationen
Project staff
Herbert Formayer
Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Herbert Formayer
herbert.formayer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81415
BOKU Project Leader
01.02.2011 - 30.06.2014
Imran Nadeem
Dr.nat.techn. Imran Nadeem MSc.
imran.nadeem@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81423
Project Staff
01.02.2011 - 30.06.2014
BOKU partners
External partners
Bundesforschungs- und Ausbildungszentrum für Wald, Naturgefahren und Landschaft (BFW)
Dr. Peter Mayer
partner
Universität Innsbruck
Prof. Stötter
partner