Functional attributes of the landscape surrounding the Temelin nuclear power plant (Czech Republic)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23102343/RAQRS2014_contents.pdf" target="_blank" >https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/23102343/RAQRS2014_contents.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Functional attributes of the landscape surrounding the Temelin nuclear power plant (Czech Republic)
Original language description
The aim of this study is to show the importance of permanent vegetation in landscape in terms of surface temperature. Indicators of key landscape functions (surface temperature, wetness, and biomass content) were monitored from May to September in five catchments with different vegetation covers. The analysis of Landsat satellite data illustrates that areas with a higher proportion of forest and wetlands provide a more balanced temperature–moisture regime throughout the growing season, reduce average and peak temperature, and enhance humidity. In these areas, solar radiation is transformed into latent heat, which leads to landscape cooling. This process indirectly leads to the reduction of soil erosion, loss of water, oxidation of organic matter, and nutrient export. A landscape characterized by a balanced temperature–moisture regime also has a higher ability to bind and retain pollutants. Artificial drainage and loss of natural wetlands are common across most of our agricultural landscapes. Drained fields have a low capacity to retain water, nutrients, and pollutants. Where cereal crops dominate, the temperature–moisture regime evolves through different stages.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
DO - Protection of landscape
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/VG20122015100" target="_blank" >VG20122015100: The minimalizing impact of radiologicalcontamination on the landscape in an emergency zone of the NPP Temelin</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Fourth Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing
ISBN
978-84-370-9808-1
Number of pages of the result
6
Pages from-to
116-121
Number of pages of the book
553
Publisher name
Universitat de València, Spain
Place of publication
Torrent
UT code for WoS chapter
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