Importance of snowmelt contribution to seasonal  runoff and summer low flows in Czechia

Jenicek, Michal; Ledvinka, Ondrej

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3475-2020

Articles | Volume 24, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3475-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3475-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 7

Research article

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10 Jul 2020

Research article |

| 10 Jul 2020

Importance of snowmelt contribution to seasonal runoff and summer low flows in Czechia

Michal Jenicek and Ondrej Ledvinka

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jan 2020
- AC1: 'Authors’ response to interactive comment of the anonymous Referee #1', Michal Jenicek, 03 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Review of "Importance of snowmelt contribution to seasonal runoff"', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Feb 2020
- AC2: 'Authors’ response to interactive comment of the anonymous Referee #2', Michal Jenicek, 08 Mar 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (20 Mar 2020) by Kerstin Stahl

AR by Michal Jenicek on behalf of the Authors (17 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (27 Apr 2020) by Kerstin Stahl

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (29 Apr 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (25 May 2020)

ED: Publish as is (10 Jun 2020) by Kerstin Stahl

AR by Michal Jenicek on behalf of the Authors (16 Jun 2020)

Short summary

Changes in snow affect the runoff seasonality, including summer low flows. Here we analyse this effect in 59 mountain catchments in Czechia. We show that snow is more effective in generating runoff compared to rain. Snow-poor years generated lower groundwater recharge than snow-rich years, which resulted in higher deficit volumes in summer. The lower recharge and runoff in the case of a snowfall-to-rain transition due to air temperature increase might be critical for water supply in the future.