Snow and Climate: Understanding Snow-Climate Interactions

This lecture covers the relevance of climate change for snow scientists and hydrologists, definitions of climate and climate change, effects of continentality and elevation on snow packs, snow cover classification, and the state of the cryosphere. It also discusses the MOSAIC expedition, atmospheric CO2 concentration, future temperature evolution, and natural vs. anthropogenic climate change. The presentation includes information on the 2003 European heat wave, post-2003 temperature evolution in Switzerland, and the CH2018 climate change scenarios for Switzerland.