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Application of Environmental Geophysics Methods in Chosen Localities of the Krkonose National Park
Dvořák, Igor Jan ; Dohnal, Jiří (advisor) ; Císlerová, Milena (referee) ; Petrovský, Eduard (referee)
inrroduction -:,is thesis is a contribution to the rnultidisciplinary study of the arctic-alpine..'::a of the Giant Mountains (a part of the arctic-álpine tundra of the Éigh :.:etes). a unique environment in the context of the other central Europeán -.".i-.lntains. In the Giant Mountains this environment occupies an afea of aboút 4z :.n- (approxirnately 7 .4 oÁ of the total area of the Giant Mountains' with 32 km2 on :he czech side and 15 km2 on the polish side). within the fiamework of several :esearch projects there are a number of studies carried out by czech as well as ňreign experts (Stursa 2002). The results of these studies u,. u.ry important for a'bener understanding of the arctic-alpine tundra environment and its management. In this thesis, three types of abiotic properties were studied: (1) the masnetic properties of the upper layers of the soil; (2) soil moisture properties in relattn to \egetative cover (dwarf pine versus grassland stands); and (3) influence of wind- :rifted snow on the water balance of small mountain catchments. In the case of (1) :rd (2), environmental geophysics methods (magnetic properties and TDR*:asurements) were used. In case of (3), a new method of snow-deoth ::::rmination in the snowbed using a GpS system was developed. i .{rctic-alpine tundra environment The...
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Application of Environmental Geophysics Methods in Chosen Localities of the Krkonose National Park
Dvořák, Igor Jan
inrroduction -:,is thesis is a contribution to the rnultidisciplinary study of the arctic-alpine..'::a of the Giant Mountains (a part of the arctic-álpine tundra of the Éigh :.:etes). a unique environment in the context of the other central Europeán -.".i-.lntains. In the Giant Mountains this environment occupies an afea of aboút 4z :.n- (approxirnately 7 .4 oÁ of the total area of the Giant Mountains' with 32 km2 on :he czech side and 15 km2 on the polish side). within the fiamework of several :esearch projects there are a number of studies carried out by czech as well as ňreign experts (Stursa 2002). The results of these studies u,. u.ry important for a'bener understanding of the arctic-alpine tundra environment and its management. In this thesis, three types of abiotic properties were studied: (1) the masnetic properties of the upper layers of the soil; (2) soil moisture properties in relattn to \egetative cover (dwarf pine versus grassland stands); and (3) influence of wind- :rifted snow on the water balance of small mountain catchments. In the case of (1) :rd (2), environmental geophysics methods (magnetic properties and TDR*:asurements) were used. In case of (3), a new method of snow-deoth ::::rmination in the snowbed using a GpS system was developed. i .{rctic-alpine tundra environment The...
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Application of Environmental Geophysics Methods in Chosen Localities of the Krkonose National Park
Dvořák, Igor Jan ; Dohnal, Jiří (advisor) ; Císlerová, Milena (referee) ; Petrovský, Eduard (referee)
inrroduction -:,is thesis is a contribution to the rnultidisciplinary study of the arctic-alpine..'::a of the Giant Mountains (a part of the arctic-álpine tundra of the Éigh :.:etes). a unique environment in the context of the other central Europeán -.".i-.lntains. In the Giant Mountains this environment occupies an afea of aboút 4z :.n- (approxirnately 7 .4 oÁ of the total area of the Giant Mountains' with 32 km2 on :he czech side and 15 km2 on the polish side). within the fiamework of several :esearch projects there are a number of studies carried out by czech as well as ňreign experts (Stursa 2002). The results of these studies u,. u.ry important for a'bener understanding of the arctic-alpine tundra environment and its management. In this thesis, three types of abiotic properties were studied: (1) the masnetic properties of the upper layers of the soil; (2) soil moisture properties in relattn to \egetative cover (dwarf pine versus grassland stands); and (3) influence of wind- :rifted snow on the water balance of small mountain catchments. In the case of (1) :rd (2), environmental geophysics methods (magnetic properties and TDR*:asurements) were used. In case of (3), a new method of snow-deoth ::::rmination in the snowbed using a GpS system was developed. i .{rctic-alpine tundra environment The...
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Application of Environmental Geophysics Methods in Chosen Localities of the Krkonose National Park
Dvořák, Igor Jan
inrroduction -:,is thesis is a contribution to the rnultidisciplinary study of the arctic-alpine..'::a of the Giant Mountains (a part of the arctic-álpine tundra of the Éigh :.:etes). a unique environment in the context of the other central Europeán -.".i-.lntains. In the Giant Mountains this environment occupies an afea of aboút 4z :.n- (approxirnately 7 .4 oÁ of the total area of the Giant Mountains' with 32 km2 on :he czech side and 15 km2 on the polish side). within the fiamework of several :esearch projects there are a number of studies carried out by czech as well as ňreign experts (Stursa 2002). The results of these studies u,. u.ry important for a'bener understanding of the arctic-alpine tundra environment and its management. In this thesis, three types of abiotic properties were studied: (1) the masnetic properties of the upper layers of the soil; (2) soil moisture properties in relattn to \egetative cover (dwarf pine versus grassland stands); and (3) influence of wind- :rifted snow on the water balance of small mountain catchments. In the case of (1) :rd (2), environmental geophysics methods (magnetic properties and TDR*:asurements) were used. In case of (3), a new method of snow-deoth ::::rmination in the snowbed using a GpS system was developed. i .{rctic-alpine tundra environment The...
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Extreme runoffs from the Modrý důl basin in the vegetation season
Šír, Miloslav ; Tesař, Miroslav ; Dvořák, Igor
The main objective of the present article is to advance understanding of the complex role of various vegetation cover in extreme runoff formation in the Modrý potok basin. This watershed (1010–1554 m a.s.l., 2.62 km2) is situated in the northern part of the Czech Republic in the eastern part of the Krkonoše Mts. The soil types are the mountainous Podzole and Lithosol with a thin humic layer on crystalline bedrock. Monitoring stations with data transfer to the internet are installed on several localities differing in the type of vegetation cover (in the grassland and dwarf pine above the forest margin, in the growth of mature spruce forest, and in the grassland below the spruce forest). The discharge at the closing profile is continuously recorded. Meteorological data are collected at a station close to the Výrovka chalet (1360 m a.s.l.): year-round precipitation, solar radiation, wind speed and direction, air and soil temperatures and soil moisture. The long-term monitoring of the water balance of the headwater catchment Modrý potok and its soil water regime was evaluated taking into account the discontinuous character of water transport in an unsaturated zone. Extreme runoffs in a vegetation season are caused by these factors: (1) oversaturation of the soil profile, (2) water repellency of the soil surface, (3) gravitationally destabilized flow of water in the soil profile, (4) extreme rainfall. The typical combinations are (1) and (3) – gravitationally destabilized flow of water can be caused even by a small rainfall under the oversaturation, (2) and (4) – long-term drought can cause the water repellency of the soil surface and the extreme rainfall. The research is supported by the Czech Science Foundation (205/09/1918) and by the Technology Agency of CR (TA02021451).
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