A water quality model for the Czech part of the river Elbe/Labe: Application for recent state and scenarios of climate change
Abstract
Water quality is an enduring problem in water management and has global importance due to the increasing use of water. Especially in view of the expected climate change, the availability of water of acceptable quality will increasingly be a "hot" topic.
The aim of this study is to simulate and analyse the recent state (2010-2015) of the water quality of the river Czech part of the Labe/Elbe and predict and quantify the possible effects of climate change on the water quality parameters such as water temperature, oxygen and chlorophyll-α. For modelling the water quality QSim an instrument for the simulation and prognosis of the oxygen, nutrient and plankton dynamics in running waters is used.
This model was developed by the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG -Koblenz, Germany).