Analysis of changes in hydrological cycle of a pristine mountain catchment. 1. Water balance components and snow cover

Title:

Analysis of changes in hydrological cycle of a pristine mountain catchment. 1. Water balance components and snow cover

Creator:

Holko, Ladislav , Sleziak, Patrik , Danko, Michal , Bičárová, Svetlana , and Pociask-Karteczka, Joanna

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:88fff08a-681b-4a19-ab52-613df96c0697
uuid:88fff08a-681b-4a19-ab52-613df96c0697
doi:10.2478/johh-2020-0010

Subject:

mountain catchment, hydrological cycle, and time series

Type:

model:article and TEXT

Format:

počítač and online zdroj

Description:

We analyse water balance, hydrological response, runoff and snow cover characteristics in the Jalovecký Creek catchment (area 22 km2, mean elevation 1500 m a.s.l.), Slovakia, in hydrological years 1989–2018 to search for changes in hydrological cycle of a mountain catchment representing hydrology of the highest part of the Western Carpathians. Daily air temperature data from two meteorological stations located in the studied mountain range (the Tatra Mountains) at higher elevations show that the study period is 0.1°C to 2.4°C warmer than the climatic standard period 1951–1980. Precipitation and snow depth data from the same stations do not allow to conclude if the study period is wetter/drier or has a decreasing snow cover. Clear trends or abrupt changes in the analysed multivariate hydrometric data time series are not obvious and the oscillations found in catchment runoff are not coherent to those found in catchment precipitation and air temperature. Several time series (flashiness index, number of flow reversals, annual and seasonal discharge maxima, runoff coefficients) indicate that hydrological cycle is more dynamic in the last years of the study period and more precipitation runs off since 2014. The snow cover characteristics and climatic conditions during the snow accumulation and melting period do not indicate pronounced changes (except the number of days with snowfall at the Kasprowy Wierch station since 2011). However, some data series (e.g. flow characteristics in March and June, annual versus summer runoff coefficients since 2014) suggest the changes in the cold period of the year.

Language:

Slovak

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

180-191

Source:

Journal of hydrology and hydromechanics | 2020 Volume:68 | Number:2

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CDK

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