Anthropogenic climate change versus internal climate variability: impacts on snow cover in the Swiss Alps

• Main Authors: Willibald, Fabian, Kotlarski, Sven, Grêt-Regamey, Adrienne, id_orcid:0 000-0001-8156-9503, Ludwig, Ralf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2020
• Subjects: Snow; Climate change; Internal climate variability; Mountain areas (physical planning); Kendall; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/438495; https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000438495

Snow is a sensitive component of the climate system. In many parts of the world, water stored as snow is a vital resource for agriculture, tourism and the energy sector. As uncertainties in climate change assessments are still relatively large, it is important to investigate the interdependencies be...