Mountain Hydroclimatology And Snow Seasonality-perspectives On Climate Impacts, Snow Seasonality And Hydrological Change In Mountain Environments

摘要

Mountain environments are extremely important to the world's water resources, weather systems and populations. This Special Issue of Hydrological Processes on 'Mountain hydroclimatology and snow seasonality' is a follow-up of the last Special Issue on Mountain Hydrology in Hydrological Processes (de Jong et al., 2005b). It is largely based on mountain and snow hydrology sessions at successive European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly meetings in Vienna in 2005 and 2006, supported by some invited papers. These sessions dealt with the theme of 'Mountain hydrology and climatology: present state and future scenarios'. This introductory paper provides an overview of the hydrological importance of mountain regions, outlines some recent developments in the field and introduces the other 11 papers which comprise this timely Special Issue.