Original title: Seasonal snow accumulation in the mid-latitude forested catchment
Authors: Šípek, Václav ; Tesař, Miroslav
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Hydrologie malého povodí 2014, Praha (CZ), 2014-04-22 / 2014-04-24
Year: 2014
Language: eng
Abstract: The article deals with the snow cover characteristics (snow depth – SD and snow water equivalent - SWE) concerning the mid-latitude forested catchment. Namely, the influence of forest canopy (spruce and beech forest) and altitude (ranging from 835 m a.s.l. to 1118 m a.s.l.) was investigated. Forest cover was proved to have a significant influence on the snow cover accumulation, reducing the SWE by 48 % on average, compared to open sites. The elevation gradient concerning SWE ranged from 30 to 40 mm and from 5 to 20 mm per 100 m in open and forested sites, respectively. Its magnitude was found to be temporarily variable and positively related to total seasonal snowfall amount. The differences among interception losses, concerning various elevations and forest canopy, were not statistically significant.
Keywords: forested catchment; snow depth,; snow water equivalent
Project no.: TA02021451 (CEP)
Funding provider: GA TA ČR
Host item entry: Hydrologie malého povodí 2014, ISBN 978-80-02-02525-2

Institution: Institute of Hydrodynamics AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available on demand via the digital repository of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0233437

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