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Hydrological drought in the context of climatic change in the world and in the Czech part of Elbe River basin
Šachová, Barbora ; Kocum, Jan (advisor) ; Janský, Bohumír (referee)
Hydrological drought in the context of climatic changes in the world and in the Czech part of Elbe River basin Abstract The submitted thesis deals with the hydrological drought as one of extreme runoff situations in relation to climate change. Part of this work is a comprehensive research sources to Czech and foreign literature defining the concepts and the development of hydrological drought due to the physical- geographic and anthropogenic factors. Low flow characteristics and methods for defining the drought events are described. Attention is paid to the possibilities of prevention and compensation of negative impacts of drought. Within the second part the presence of low flow in Elbe River subbasins, Blšanka River, Rakovnický Brook and Vydra River, is analyzed. Water deficit is evaluated with regard to the physical-geographic characteristics and the specifics of water resources use. Outline of possibilities to increase the retention capacity of study catchments is given. Key words: hydrological drought, low flow, runoff regime, retention potential, Blšanka River, Rakovnický Brook, Vydra River
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Influence of winter snow conditions on minimum discharges in the warm season in mountain catchments in the Czech Republic
Součková, Markéta ; Jeníček, Michal (advisor) ; Šípek, Václav (referee)
As a result of climate change, the snowfall amounts may be reduced and hence the snow accumulation, which recharges the groundwater in spring. Groundwater significantly influences summer low flows and its deficiency may negatively affect the streamflow and reduce the water supply in snow- dominated regions. This thesis aimes to describe the influence of changes in snow water equivalent on the inter-annual variability of minimal discharges in warm season (April to September) in eleven mountain catchments of the Czech Republic. The aimes were to determine 1) the duration of snow effects on the minimum discharges after the snowmelt onset, 2) the effect of inter-annual changes of snow water equivalent on minimal discharges in the warm season and 3) the date of the summer lowflows and the trend of its shift within the year. The results are based on hydrological and climatological station data collected by Czech Hydrometeorological Institute between the years 1980 and 2014. Snow affected the summer low flows until June and in exceptional cases even until July in higher elevation catchments. The most significant change was recorded in Úpa catchment, which belongs to higher elevation catchments, the 10 % decrease of maximum snow water equivalent caused reductions in minimal discharge by 8.8 % and 6.8 % in...
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Hydrological drought in the context of climatic change in the world and in the Czech part of Elbe River basin
Šachová, Barbora ; Kocum, Jan (advisor) ; Janský, Bohumír (referee)
Hydrological drought in the context of climatic changes in the world and in the Czech part of Elbe River basin Abstract The submitted thesis deals with the hydrological drought as one of extreme runoff situations in relation to climate change. Part of this work is a comprehensive research sources to Czech and foreign literature defining the concepts and the development of hydrological drought due to the physical- geographic and anthropogenic factors. Low flow characteristics and methods for defining the drought events are described. Attention is paid to the possibilities of prevention and compensation of negative impacts of drought. Within the second part the presence of low flow in Elbe River subbasins, Blšanka River, Rakovnický Brook and Vydra River, is analyzed. Water deficit is evaluated with regard to the physical-geographic characteristics and the specifics of water resources use. Outline of possibilities to increase the retention capacity of study catchments is given. Key words: hydrological drought, low flow, runoff regime, retention potential, Blšanka River, Rakovnický Brook, Vydra River
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