Stream temperature and discharge evolution in Switzerland  over the last 50 years: annual and seasonal behaviour

Michel, Adrien; Brauchli, Tristan; Lehning, Michael; Schaefli, Bettina; Huwald, Hendrik

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-115-2020

Articles | Volume 24, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-115-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-115-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 1

Research article

|

10 Jan 2020

Research article |

| 10 Jan 2020

Stream temperature and discharge evolution in Switzerland over the last 50 years: annual and seasonal behaviour

Adrien Michel, Tristan Brauchli, Michael Lehning, Bettina Schaefli, and Hendrik Huwald

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-115-2020-supplement

Model code and software

Stream temperature and discharge evolution in Switzerland over the last 50 years: annual and seasonal behaviour - Source code A. Michel https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3603064

Short summary

This study constitutes the first comprehensive analysis of river temperature in Switzerland combined with discharge and key meteorological variables, such as air temperature and precipitation. It is also the first study to discuss the large-scale seasonal behaviour of stream temperature in Switzerland. This research shows the clear increase of river temperature in Switzerland over the last few decades and may serve as a solid reference for future climate change scenario simulations.