Snow accumulation and ablation in three forested mountain catchments

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F15%3A10311996" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/15:10311996 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Snow accumulation and ablation in three forested mountain catchments

Original language description

The study was focused on vegetation and topography effects on snow accumulation and ablation, with special interest in the role of the forest affected by the bark beetle (Ips typographus). We selected eight predictors related to winter meteorological conditions and the character of specific localities. The vegetation structure was described using parameters calculated from hemispherical photographs. The degree-day approach was used to calculate melt factors for sites with different vegetation and aspects. Multiple regression was further applied using snow water equivalent (SWE) data measured at 47 localities in winter seasons from 2010 to 2014. The SWE in forest sites was by 32% lower than in open areas. The snow ablation in large openings was on average more than two times faster compared to forest sites. Snow ablation was by 33% faster after forest defoliation (due to the bark beetle) and we expect even faster ablation in case of complete forest decline. The results indicated that to

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DA - Hydrology and limnology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA13-32133S" target="_blank" >GA13-32133S: Headwaters retention potential with respect to hydrological extremes</a><br>

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Hydrologica Slovaca

ISSN

1335-6291

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Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

208-216

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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