Seasonal snow accumulation in the mid-latitude forested catchment

0428009 - ÚH 2015 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Šípek, Václav - Tesař, Miroslav
Seasonal snow accumulation in the mid-latitude forested catchment.
Hydrologie malého povodí 2014. Praha: Ústav pro hydrodynamiku, 2014 - (Brych, K.; Tesař, M.), s. 474-480. ISBN 978-80-02-02525-2.
[Hydrologie malého povodí 2014. Praha (CZ), 22.04.2014-24.04.2014]
R&D Projects: GA TA ČR TA02021451
Institutional support: RVO:67985874
Keywords : snow depth, * snow water equivalent * forested catchment
Subject RIV: DA - Hydrology ; Limnology

The article deals with the snow cover characteristics (snow depth – SD and snow water equivalent - SWE) concerning the mid-latitude forested catchment. Namely, the influence of forest canopy (spruce and beech forest) and altitude (ranging from 835 m a.s.l. to 1118 m a.s.l.) was investigated. Forest cover was proved to have a significant influence on the snow cover accumulation, reducing the SWE by 48 % on average, compared to open sites. The elevation gradient concerning SWE ranged from 30 to 40 mm and from 5 to 20 mm per 100 m in open and forested sites, respectively. Its magnitude was found to be temporarily variable and positively related to total seasonal snowfall amount. The differences among interception losses, concerning various elevations and forest canopy, were not statistically significant.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0233437