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Impact of climate change on runoff in montane catchments of Central Europe
Lörinc, Michal ; Langhammer, Jakub (advisor) ; Jeníček, Michal (referee)
The diploma thesis "Impact of climate change on runoff in montane catchments of Central Europe" aims to assess published scientific literature on the subject and to develop projections of changes in study catchments of Upper Vydra in Czechia and Kokra in Slovenia. The thesis contains a review of selected theoretical knowledge on climate change impacts, evaluates existing methodology of impact studies and presents projection results for two study catchments in its practical part. Those were acquired using a multi-step methodology by using climate model projections, bias correction methods, usage of hydrological model and analysis of variance. Among the main conclusions is the anticipated continuation of changes in seasonal runoff, decrease of summer runoff and increase in winter runoff, as well as changes in drought characteristics. The analysis of variance revealed a substantial influence of cliamte models on the achieved results, however selection of emission scenario plays a major role as well. It is apparent that the selected catchments do and will react to climate change differently, however both can be considered to be sensitive to these changes. Kľúčové slová: climate change, hydrological cycle, montane catchments, HBV Light, ANOVA
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