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23<br />

63 rd EASTERN SNOW CONFERENCE<br />

Newark, Delaware USA 2006<br />

Figure 2. Simulated vs. observed distributed SWE data for different dates in 2004 <strong>an</strong>d 2005. Black are<strong>as</strong><br />

indicate snow free are<strong>as</strong>. Mentioned values of SWE me<strong>an</strong> are distributed SWE values averaged over <strong>the</strong><br />

catchment area (mm)<br />

The hydrological model PREVAH<br />

The spatially distributed hydrological model PREVAH (Precipitation–Runoff–<br />

Evapotr<strong>an</strong>spiration–HRU model, Gurtz et al., 1999) h<strong>as</strong> been used to simulate <strong>the</strong> processes<br />

contributing to runoff. PREVAH h<strong>as</strong> already been used at glacierized sites at different spatial<br />

resolution (Badoux, 1999; Gurtz et al., 2003; Zappa et al., 2003; Zappa et al., 2000). The<br />

catchment area is subdivided into HRU’s (hydrological response units, Ross et al., 1979) b<strong>as</strong>ed on<br />

DEM <strong>an</strong>d l<strong>an</strong>d use data. For every HRU <strong>the</strong> hydrological response to <strong>the</strong> meteorological input is<br />

simulated using a typical storage c<strong>as</strong>cade approach. The runoff contributions of all units are added<br />

to provide <strong>the</strong> total discharge at <strong>the</strong> outlet of <strong>the</strong> <strong>entire</strong> catchment. Due to <strong>the</strong> small size of <strong>the</strong><br />

catchment <strong>an</strong>d steep slopes no routing between <strong>the</strong> spatial units <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong> river outlet is carried out.

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