Hazard index maps for woody material recruitment and transport in alpine catchments

Inverse alpine catchments

Inverse distributed hydrological modelling of alpine catchments H. Kunstmann, J. Krause, and S. Mayr Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-IFU), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, 82 467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen,Germany Institute of Geographic Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstraße 74–100, 12 249 Berlin, Germany Received: 6 October 2005 – Accepted: 19 Oc...

Frost resistance in alpine woody plants

This report provides a brief review of key findings related to frost resistance in alpine woody plant species, summarizes data on their frost resistance, highlights the importance of freeze avoidance mechanisms, and indicates areas of future research. Freezing temperatures are possible throughout the whole growing period in the alpine life zone. Frost severity, comprised of both intensity and d...

Inverse distributed hydrological modelling of alpine catchments

Even in physically based distributed hydrological models, various remaining parameters must be estimated for each sub-catchment. This can involve tremendous effort, especially when the number of sub-catchments is large and the applied hydrological model is computationally expensive. Automatic parameter estimation tools can significantly facilitate the calibration process. Hence, we combined the...

Modelling Evapotranspiration and the Surface Energy Budget in Alpine Catchments

Does stream flow structure woody riparian vegetation in subtropical catchments?

The primary objective of this study was to test the relevance of hydrological classification and class differences to the characteristics of woody riparian vegetation in a subtropical landscape in Queensland, Australia. We followed classification procedures of the environmental flow framework ELOHA - Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration. Riparian surveys at 44 sites distributed across fiv...