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Fundamentals of the spatially distributed simulation of the water balance of forest sites in a low-range mountain area
1Institute of Soil Science and Site Ecology, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
2Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Abstract. For a sustainable forest management, a site-specific knowledge on the water balance is a prerequisite. A simple and popular field method for assessing the water balance of forest sites is based on overlaying relief and soil information. Furthermore, climatic influence on the water balance is often restricted to longtime average values of precipitation and air temperature (whole year and/or growing season). However, the impacts of climate change and climatic extremes, as well as silvicultural changes, are inadequately considered. To overcome these short-comings, we integrated the 1D-SVAT model BROOK90 and a radiation model in a GIS to simulate the spatially distributed components of water balance of forest sites. In this paper, we present the model concept and show an approach to describe the influence of a complex terrain on parameters controlling the spatial distribution of energy and water fluxes.
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Citation: Schwärzel, K., Häntzschel, J., Grünwald, T., Köstner, B., Bernhofer, C., and Feger, K.-H.: Fundamentals of the spatially distributed simulation of the water balance of forest sites in a low-range mountain area, Adv. Geosci., 11, 43-47, 2007. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager
