Potential impacts of a warming climate on water availability in snow-dominated regions

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Summary

In a warmer world, less winter precipitation falls as snow and the melting of winter snow occurs earlier in spring, which leads to a shift in peak river runoff to winter and early spring, away from summer and autumn when demand is highest.

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Published
2005-11-17
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Keywords

Snow, Environmental science, Precipitation, Surface runoff, Glacier

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