- Identification: 205/99/1561 - Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
- Duration: 1997 - 2001
- Principal investigator: RNDr. Ivana Nemešová CSc. (Institute of Atmospheric Physics ASCR)
- Co-investigator: Doc. Ing. Josef Buchtele CSc.
- Co-investigator: Ing. Dalibor Janouš CSc. (Institute of Landscape Ecology ASCR)
- Co-investigator: RNDr. Jaroslava Kalvová CSc. (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics)
- Co-investigator: RNDr. Jaroslav Rožnovský CSc. (Institute of Landscape Ecology, Mendel University of Agricultural and Forestry, Brno)
A quantitative description of climate changes due to enhanced greenhouse effect in selected CR exposure units will be proposed for the assessment of impacts on managed ecosystems and water regimes. A common denominator for both these fields is evapotranspiration which affects the production physiology and biomass allocation. Site-specific projections of climate change will be based on daily weather variables simulated by three global circulation models (GCMs): ECHAM, CCCM and ARPEGE. The evaluation of sensitivity and/or response of mountain forest stands and agroecosystems to the climate change should contribute to reliable simulations of water dynamics in the system of soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer (SVAT), and consequently, in dealing with extreme hydrological phenomena. Impact assessments in quantitative terms (results of process modelling) will then served as inputs for proposals of feasible adaptation measures.
