Abstract
The central part of Bohemian Forest represents important headwater region in central Europe, which plays important role in runoff generation. The area that is recently preserved at both Czech and German side as the National Park (Šumava National Park and Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald, respectively) has in past decades undergone extensive forest disturbance and is experiencing effects of ongoing climate warming.
The research was focused on the effects of these factors as driving forces altering the natural runoff regime and associated fluvial dynamics of streams in mid-montane environment. The research project focused on changing dynamics of runoff and fluvial processes stemmed on preceding long-term research and built monitoring network that enabled to analyse the changes of dynamic processes at high level of spatial and temporal detail.
The main objectives of research were (i) analysis of the principal forces, affecting the natural dynamics of runoff and fluvial processes in the area, (ii) analysis of the changing runoff response at different scales in the central part of Bohemian Forest, and (iii) to analyse the spatial and temporal patterns of recent dynamics of fluvial processes. The research was based on implementation of the latest technologies for non-invasive surveying, detection and monitoring of dynamic processes, including the automated sensor network for rainfall/runoff monitoring, the drone-based photogrammetry, terrestrial LiDAR scanning, optical granulometry, or electric resistive tomography.