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Refinement of the snow cover distribution
Procházka, J. ; Šustková, V. ; Tesař, Miroslav
The study evaluates the importance of automatic snow monitoring stations (ASMS) operated by different subjects in the chosen sub-catchments in the Šumava Mts. in the framework of water reservoir Orlík basin. The attention is paid to the snow cover monitoring as an important water balance component of a basin especially in the mountainous regions. Sub-catchments of the Vltava and Otava rivers represent head water regions of the rainfall windward part of the boarder mountains while Volyňka and Blanice sub-catchments represent leeward inland part of mountains. The importance of ASMS was proved especially in the highest and remote localities of the Šumava Mts. where the basic meteorological stations used for common climatological and hydrological evaluations are missing. The description of the snow cover and its characteristics is possible to improve significantly owing to recent sources and methods. The continual record of the snow cover depth gives for the higher regions of the Šumava Mts. new findings and operational data both for standard climatological evaluations and for further applications used in the framework various institutions, e.g. Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, State Enterprises, etc.
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Amount and differences in snow accumulation in the Šumava region
Procházka, J. ; Šustková, V. ; Tesař, Miroslav
The Šumava Mts. (Bohemian Forest) represents the most extensive mountainous range of the Czech Republic and due to its area and altitude it catches the substantial portion of the winter precipitation in the snow form. Unfortunately, the more continuous information on snow characteristics from the highest and remote regions of the Šumava Mts. has been in effect missing till recently. From this reason the activities focused on the more detailed expeditionary field measurements of the snow depths and snow water equivalent. The space analysis of point snow cover measurements the appropriate tools were used: ArcGIS (ESRI), orographical interpolation, LLR methods and the methods of ClidatDEM used in the Czech Hydrometeolological Institute.
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Changes in the ratio between a new snow depth and seasonal precipitation in mountainous and submontane regions of the Czech Republic
Procházka, J. ; Lipina, P. ; Šustková, V. ; Tesař, Miroslav
Snowfall and snow cover formation is an important aspect of the colder part of the year in the Czech Republic and Central Europe. Snow cover is important from the point of view of climatology, hydrology, ecology and recreation, and therefore economic. In addition to precipitation, the amount of new snow depends mainly on the air temperature. With gradual warming, it can be assumed that with a similar total precipitation, the proportion of precipitation in the form of snow and the ability to form snow cover will decrease. In order to evaluate the mentioned changes, the ratio of the seasonal amount of new snow in cm and total precipitation in mm, Sn/P (cm/mm) was used in this paper. For the analysis, data from the CHMI database for two normal periods 1961–1990 and 1991–2020 were processed for selected mountain and foothill meteorological stations in the Czech Republic. The period from November to April was assessed as a cold part of the year for this purpose, when a new snow cover is more likely to form. The results of the study showed that the Sn/P ratio decreased in the period 1991–2020 compared to the period 1961–1990.
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