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33<br />
63 rd EASTERN SNOW CONFERENCE<br />
Newark, Delaware USA 2006<br />
catchment area, which would be 502 mm <strong>as</strong>signed to <strong>the</strong> glacierized area. This very good<br />
agreement between simulated <strong>an</strong>d observed icemelt is due to a reliable estimation of all modelled<br />
components. Evaporation accounted for 128 mm for <strong>the</strong> <strong>entire</strong> simulated year <strong>an</strong>d is mainly<br />
affected by low temperatures at this alpine site.<br />
Figure 9. Monthly simulated bal<strong>an</strong>ce of runoff (mm), precipitation (mm), icemelt (mm), snow melt (mm),<br />
<strong>an</strong>d real evaporation (mm) averaged over <strong>the</strong> catchment area over <strong>the</strong> period October 2004 to September<br />
2005.<br />
The observed ice loss for <strong>the</strong> verification period of 2003/2004 accounted for 197 mm averaged<br />
over <strong>the</strong> glacierized area <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong> snow accumulation me<strong>as</strong>ured at <strong>the</strong> beginning of May 2004<br />
accounted for 1744 mm (unpublished data from Schöner et al., 2006). The simulation results for<br />
<strong>the</strong> verification period accounted for 275 mm ice loss averaged over <strong>the</strong> glacier <strong>an</strong>d 1690 mm of<br />
SWE calculated for <strong>the</strong> beginning of May. This me<strong>an</strong>s a slightly overestimation of <strong>the</strong> ice loss <strong>an</strong>d<br />
a slightly underestimation of <strong>the</strong> snow accumulation . Once more we c<strong>an</strong> show <strong>the</strong> quality of <strong>the</strong><br />
stabile multi-validation approach used for <strong>the</strong> 2004/2005 period.<br />
CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK<br />
The PREVAH model shows <strong>the</strong> ability to model <strong>the</strong> waterbal<strong>an</strong>ce <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong> <strong>the</strong> discharge<br />
hydrograph of <strong>the</strong> high elevated Goldbergkees watershed. Melt processes have been simulated<br />
accurately in different temporal scales: <strong>the</strong> simulated diurnal variations of runoff matched <strong>the</strong><br />
runoff observations during melt se<strong>as</strong>on <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong> se<strong>as</strong>onal bal<strong>an</strong>ce is in a good agreement with <strong>the</strong><br />
observed m<strong>as</strong>s bal<strong>an</strong>ce data. This paper h<strong>as</strong> shown <strong>the</strong> need of various observed data like<br />
discharge hydrographs, distributed snow water equivalent <strong>an</strong>d ice ablation data to guar<strong>an</strong>tee a<br />
stabile cross-validation of simulation results (Verbunt et al. 2003). The model results concerning<br />
runoff relied on <strong>the</strong> input of precipitation <strong>an</strong>d air temperature, all <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r input h<strong>as</strong> been<br />
necessary for <strong>the</strong> evaporation simulations. Hence, <strong>the</strong>re should be a quite small operating expense<br />
for data acquisition for melt modelling, despite all <strong>the</strong> problems <strong>an</strong>d uncertainties occurring during<br />
precipitation <strong>an</strong>d air temperature me<strong>as</strong>urements (Sevruk, 1986, 1989). The watershed of<br />
Goldbergkees h<strong>as</strong> demonstrated its great adv<strong>an</strong>tage of having a meteorological observatory on site<br />
<strong>an</strong>d long term <strong>an</strong>d detailed m<strong>as</strong>s bal<strong>an</strong>ce me<strong>as</strong>urements (Auer et al., 2002). The availability of<br />
spatial dense meteorological data of good quality at this isolated location is a unique feature <strong>an</strong>d<br />
<strong>an</strong> adv<strong>an</strong>tage of <strong>the</strong> study region. Main efforts for <strong>the</strong> preparation of simulations have been due to