Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
HESS
Articles | Volume 22, issue 6
Articles | Volume 22, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3493-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3493-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 6
Research article
 | 
28 Jun 2018
Research article |  | 28 Jun 2018

The temporally varying roles of rainfall, snowmelt and soil moisture for debris flow initiation in a snow-dominated system

Karin Mostbauer, Roland Kaitna, David Prenner, and Markus Hrachowitz

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-3493-2018-supplement

Data sets

Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck Austrian Glacier Inventory http://acinn.uibk.ac.at/research/ice-and-climate/projects/agi

European Environment Agency, European Union CORINE Land cover http://eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/corine-land-cover-1990-raster-3

European Environment Agency, European Union CORINE Land cover http://eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/corine-land-cover-2000-raster-2

European Environment Agency, European Union CORINE Land cover http://eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/corine-land-cover-2006-raster-3

Gridded precipitation mapping in mountainous terrain combining GRASS and R M. Mergili and H. Kerschner https://doi.org/10.1080/00291951.2014.992807

Fluctuations of Glaciers Database, World Glacier Monitoring Service, Zurich, Switzerland WGMS https://doi.org/10.5904/wgms-fog-2017-06

Digital Elevation Model (DEM) ``b5de6975-417b-4320-afdb-eb2a9e2a1dbf'' Data.gv.at http://data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/b5de6975-417b-4320-afdb-eb2a9e2a1dbf

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Short summary
Debris flows represent a severe hazard in mountain regions and so far remain difficult to predict. We applied a hydrological model to link not only precipitation, but also snowmelt, antecedent soil moisture, etc. with debris flow initiation in an Alpine watershed in Austria. Our results highlight the value of this more holistic perspective for developing a better understanding of debris flow initiation.
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