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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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Floods in the South Bohemia Region
HRDÝ, Roman
Floods in the South Bohemia Region The first chapter provides general information including the current legislation of the Czech Republic pertinent to crisis management, floods, crisis situation and crisis state definition, and the categorisation of events/disasters, including flood. The important role of urbanism which affects the course and consequences of floods is also discussed. The second part deals with the issue of floods, their origin, classification, floodprotection measures and forecasting as connected with the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute whose functions and procedures are described. The main part presents results of the field survey carried out in the municipalities affected by floods in the South Bohemia. I describe, compare and analyze the last great floods in the years 1997, 2002 and 2006 in the Czech Republic, or the South Bohemia Region. Their intensity, progress, meteorological reasons and damages which they caused are evaluated. I generalize the factors with a direct influence on the extent of damages, including social and economic impact. In conclusion of this part, the danger of floods in the world is also mentioned. In the final part of my thesis, climatologists{\crq} opinions on global warming and the possible causation of this threat with floods are presented. The result is the confirmation or invalidation of the working hypothesis which I set for my thesis.
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