Peer-reviewed articles 17,970 +


Title: DENDROGEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF FLASH FLOODS IN A SMALL FOREST CATCHMENT
DENDROGEOMORPHIC ANALYSIS OF FLASH FLOODS IN A SMALL FOREST CATCHMENT

PlumX Article Metrics by Elsevier
Marie Uhrova; Josef Krecek; Eva Pazourkova; Jiri Vrtiska
10.5593/sgem2023V/3.2/s12.09
10.5593/sgem2023v/3.2
1314-2704
978-619-7603-64-4
English
23
3.2
•    Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE •    Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
Hydrology and Water Resources
Flash floods represent one of the most significant natural hazards in headwater catchments facing the lack of systematic hydrological monitoring. This study focus on the detection of flash floods on growth disturbances detected at trees of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) located in the torrential channel of the Holubi Potok stream in the Jizera Mountains (North Bohemia, Czech Republic). At the injured stems, flood scars were identified and core samples dated by tree ring analysis; the intensity of the disturbance clearly depends on geomorphology of the stream channel. These data were compared with 40 years of hydrometric measurements at the catchment outlet. The flood injuries were detected in the last 65 years, and those flood signs occurred on average every 12-13 years. All of them correspond with intensive summer rainstorms. Flood waves exceeding the gauging capacity or the period of hydrometric observation were reconstructed by HEC- HMS 4.4 and HEC-RAS 5.0.3 tools. The applied approach contributed to the extrapolation and correction of the standard flood frequency curve at the investigated catchment.
[1] Borga M., Stoffel M., Marchi L., Marra F., Jakob M. Hydrogeomorphic response to extreme rainfall in headwater systems: flash floods and debris flows. Journal of Hydrology, vol. 518, pp. 194-205, 2014.
[2] Ruiz-Villanueva V., Diez-Herrero, A., Stoffel M., Bollschweiler, M., Bodoque J.M., Ballesteros J.A. Dendrogeomorphic analysis of flash floods in a small ungauged mountain catchment (Central Spain). Geomorphology, vol. 118, pp. 383–392, 2010.
[3] Pazourkova E., Krecek J., Bitusik P., Chvojka P., Kamasova L., Senoo T., Spacek J., Stuchlik E. Impacts of an extreme flood on the ecosystem of a headwater stream. Journal of Limnology, vol. 80(2), DOI 10.4081/jlimnol.2021.1998, 2021.
[4] Richardson J.S. Biological diversity in headwater streams. Water, vol. 11, pp. 1-19, 2019.
[5] Davis D.W. Is the current approach to managing flood threats in the United States sustainable? In: Kabbes K.C. (Ed.), Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress: Restoring our Natural Habitat, American Society of Civil Engineers, Tampa (FL), pp. 1-10, 2007.
[6] St. George S. Tree rings as paleoflood and paleostage indicators. In: Tree Rings and Natural Hazards, Springer, pp. 233-239, 2010.
[7] Vrtiska J., Krecek J., Pazourkova E. Flood discharge in a mountain catchment by dendrochronology. SAP Proceedings, Czech Technical University, Prague, pp. 1-6, 2016.
[8] Tolasz R, Mikova T, Valerianova A, Vozenilek V. Climate atlas of Czechia. Czech Hydrometeorological Institute, Prague, pp. 254, 2007.
[9] Palucis M.C., Lamb M.P. What controls channel form in steep mountain streams? Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44, pp. 7245-7255, 2017.
[10] USACE. HEC-HMS technical reference manual. US Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center, Davis, pp. 148, 2000.
[11] USACE. HEC-RAS river analysis system. Hydraulic Reference Manual, Version 5.0, US Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Davis, pp. 538, 2016.
[12] Vrtiska J., Krecek J., Tognetti R. Indication of environmental changes in mountain catchments by dendroclimatology. Soil and Water Research, 13(4), pp. 208–217, 2018.
[13] Zielonka T., Holeksa J., Ciapala S. A 100-Year History of floods determined from tree rings in a small mountain stream in the Tatra Mountains, Poland. Advances in Global Change Research, vol. 41, DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-8736-2_25.
[14] Stoffel M., Bollschweiler M. Tree-ring analysis in natural hazards research: an overview. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol. 8, pp. 187–202, 2008.
[15] Reed D.W. Reinforcing flood-risk estimation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol. 360, pp. 1373-1387, 2002.
This research was funded by the Czech Technical University in Prague (Project SGS2022/093/OHK1/2T/11, 2022-2023).
conference
https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2023V/3.2/s12.09
Download PDF
Proceedings of 23rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2023
23rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2023, 28-30 November, 2023
Proceedings Paper
STEF92 Technology
International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference-SGEM
SWS Scholarly Society; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci and Arts; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; European Acad Sci, Arts and Letters; Acad Fine Arts Zagreb Croatia; Croatian Acad Sci and Arts; Acad Sci Moldova; Montenegrin Acad Sci and Arts; Georgian Acad Sci; Acad Fine Arts and Design Bratislava; Russian Acad Arts; Turkish Acad Sci.
69-75
28-30 November, 2023
website
9394
headwater catchment, flash flood, stream channel morphology, tree-rings