[{"author":[{"id":"cf8e546b-a9b0-11f0-a43b-aa89ed1b56d6","full_name":"Fatichi, Simone","first_name":"Simone","last_name":"Fatichi"},{"full_name":"Rimkus, S.","first_name":"S.","last_name":"Rimkus"},{"full_name":"Burlando, P.","last_name":"Burlando","first_name":"P."},{"full_name":"Bordoy, R.","first_name":"R.","last_name":"Bordoy"},{"first_name":"P.","last_name":"Molnar","full_name":"Molnar, P."}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"doi":"10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.036","publication_status":"published","extern":"1","intvolume":"       525","year":"2015","date_created":"2026-07-27T12:30:24Z","article_type":"original","day":"01","publication":"Journal of Hydrology","_id":"22521","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","page":"362-382","quality_controlled":"1","date_updated":"2026-08-06T08:04:28Z","month":"06","volume":525,"title":"High-resolution distributed analysis of climate and anthropogenic changes on the hydrology of an Alpine catchment","date_published":"2015-06-01T00:00:00Z","article_processing_charge":"No","OA_type":"closed access","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1879-2707"],"issn":["0022-1694"]},"type":"journal_article","status":"public","oa_version":"None","citation":{"ieee":"S. Fatichi, S. Rimkus, P. Burlando, R. Bordoy, and P. Molnar, “High-resolution distributed analysis of climate and anthropogenic changes on the hydrology of an Alpine catchment,” <i>Journal of Hydrology</i>, vol. 525. Elsevier, pp. 362–382, 2015.","ama":"Fatichi S, Rimkus S, Burlando P, Bordoy R, Molnar P. High-resolution distributed analysis of climate and anthropogenic changes on the hydrology of an Alpine catchment. <i>Journal of Hydrology</i>. 2015;525:362-382. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.036\">10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.036</a>","apa":"Fatichi, S., Rimkus, S., Burlando, P., Bordoy, R., &#38; Molnar, P. (2015). High-resolution distributed analysis of climate and anthropogenic changes on the hydrology of an Alpine catchment. <i>Journal of Hydrology</i>. Elsevier. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.036\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.036</a>","chicago":"Fatichi, Simone, S. Rimkus, P. Burlando, R. Bordoy, and P. Molnar. “High-Resolution Distributed Analysis of Climate and Anthropogenic Changes on the Hydrology of an Alpine Catchment.” <i>Journal of Hydrology</i>. Elsevier, 2015. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.036\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.036</a>.","mla":"Fatichi, Simone, et al. “High-Resolution Distributed Analysis of Climate and Anthropogenic Changes on the Hydrology of an Alpine Catchment.” <i>Journal of Hydrology</i>, vol. 525, Elsevier, 2015, pp. 362–82, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.036\">10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.036</a>.","short":"S. Fatichi, S. Rimkus, P. Burlando, R. Bordoy, P. Molnar, Journal of Hydrology 525 (2015) 362–382.","ista":"Fatichi S, Rimkus S, Burlando P, Bordoy R, Molnar P. 2015. High-resolution distributed analysis of climate and anthropogenic changes on the hydrology of an Alpine catchment. Journal of Hydrology. 525, 362–382."},"abstract":[{"text":"A fully distributed hydrological analysis at scales significant for water management for present-day, and\r\nprojected future climate conditions is presented for a catchment in the Alps. We selected the upper Rhone\r\nbasin (Switzerland) as a test case for understanding anthropogenic impacts including climate change on\r\nwater resources and flood risk in the Alpine area. The upper Rhone basin contains reservoirs, river diversions and irrigated areas offering the opportunity to study the interaction between climate change effects\r\nand hydraulic infrastructure. Anthropogenic disturbances of the flow regime were implemented in detail\r\nin the hydrological analysis. We downscaled climate model realizations using a methodology that\r\naccounts for the uncertainty in climate change projections related to the stochastic variability of precipitation and air temperature. We showed how climate change effects on streamflow propagate from high\r\nelevation headwater catchments to the river in the main valley by analyzing changes in several hydrological metrics and at various temporal scales across 297 control sections. Changes in the natural hydrological regime imposed by the existing hydraulic infrastructure are likely larger than climate change\r\nsignals expected by the middle of the 21st century in most of the river network. Despite a strong uncertainty induced by stochastic climate variability, we identified an elevational dependence of climate\r\nchange impacts with a severe reduction in streamflow due to the missing contribution of water from\r\nice melt at high-elevation and a dampened effect downstream. Reduced ice cover and ice melt are likely\r\nto have significant implications for hydropower production. The impacts can emerge without any additional climate warming. A decrease of August–September discharge and an increase of hourly and daily\r\nmaximum flows appear as plausible projected change for the most part of the catchment. However, it is\r\nunlikely that major changes in total runoff for the entire upper Rhone basin will occur in the next four\r\ndecades.","lang":"eng"}],"keyword":["Climate change","Water resources","Stochastic approaches","Ice melt","Alps","Hydrological modeling"],"scopus_import":"1","publisher":"Elsevier","das_tickbox":"1"}]