{"id":30074,"date":"2022-04-12T18:11:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T17:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/2022\/04\/zmeny-srazek-a-odtoku-na-povodich-v-cr-v-obdobi-intenzivniho-oteplovani\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T18:41:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T17:41:20","slug":"changes-in-precipitation-and-runoff-in-river-basins-in-the-czech-republic-during-the-period-of-intense-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/2022\/04\/changes-in-precipitation-and-runoff-in-river-basins-in-the-czech-republic-during-the-period-of-intense-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes in precipitation and runoff in river basins in the Czech Republic during the period of intense warming"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0SUMMARY<\/h2>\n<p>The basic meteorological variables that affect the hydrological regime are atmospheric precipitation and air temperature. Both fluctuate not only in the short term and in the annual cycle, but also in the long term. Long-term changes in both of these variables have the character of periodic fluctuations around the mean values. Since about 1980, there has been a\u00a0systematic increase in air temperature in the Czech Republic. This article provides information on how the climate fluctuations that this change brings affect the precipitation and runoff regime in our territory.<\/p>\n<p>In the first part of the study, we used long-term observations of flows in the river Elbe in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn since 1851 and precipitation in its catchment area and compared the deviations in precipitation and runoff from the period after 1980 with the extremes of fluctuations in the previous period. Fluctuations in forty-year moving averages of annual and seasonal precipitation and annual and seasonal runoff, with the exception of an increase in winter runoff, did not deviate from the range in which they fluctuated in the period 1851\u20131980.<\/p>\n<p>In the next part, we focused on the assessment of possible deviations in precipitation and runoff during the warming period in seven major river basins from different areas of the Czech Republic. In the period 1981\u20132019, compared to the previous period 1961\u20131980, the average annual precipitation in four river basins increased by 2% to 4%, in the Oh\u0159e river basin by 7.5%. In the Elbe river basin (above its confluence with the Vltava) the increase was by about 1%. In the Odra river basin the annual rainfall averages decreased by 3%. The increase in annual precipitation was mainly due to increases in winter and autumn precipitation, with significant decreases in spring precipitation in three river basins and summer precipitation in two river basins. The average flow in the period 1981\u20132019 was lower at all compared gauging stations than in the period\u20281961\u20131980, on a\u00a0relative scale by up to 17% at the Bohum\u00edn (Odra river) station and by at least about 2% at Louny (Oh\u0159e river).<\/p>\n<p>When comparing the results for the S\u00e1zava, Lu\u017enice, Berounka, and Oh\u0159e, we found that, from east to west, the decreases from values slightly exceeding 10% change to practically unchanged flow of the Oh\u0159e.<\/p>\n<h2>INTRODUCTION<\/h2>\n<p>The Hydrological Service in the Czech Republic has traditionally related the characteristics of average flows to a\u00a0specific \u201erepresentative\u201c period from which data were used to derive them. The principal publication [1] <em>Hydrological conditions of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic<\/em> was based on the period 1931\u20131960. A\u00a0change did not occur until 1980, when the thirty-year period was extended to a\u00a0fifty-year period of 1931\u20131980, evaluated in a\u00a01997 study [2]. Further assessment of possible changes in the hydrological regime is contained in [3], which compares the precipitation and flow characteristics from 1981\u20132010 with those from 1931\u20131980, which the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has been using since 2013. The results of this study concluded that there were no significant changes in annual precipitation totals and significant differences in flow characteristics due to natural change in runoff conditions. Immediately after 2013, a\u00a0multi-year hydrological drought occurred in the Czech Republic, which, according to the study [4], was the longest of all droughts in the Elbe river basin since 1851.<\/p>\n<p>In this study, we try to find out whether using the observed series of precipitation and flows until 2019, which includes the period of drought (precipitation and hydrological), we find the effect of warming on long-term averages of precipitation and flows. In the first part of the study, we took long-term observations of flows of the river Elbe in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn since 1851 and precipitation in its catchment area; these were compared with changes in forty-year average precipitation and runoff from the period after 1980 with their fluctuations in the previous period unaffected by intense warming. In the following part, we focused on the assessment of possible changes in precipitation and runoff after 1980 in regional differentiation; that is, we focused on how the average precipitation and runoff in river basins in different areas of the Czech Republic in the period 1981\u20132019 differ from the averages in the period 1961\u20131980, in which the air temperature was not yet increasing significantly.<\/p>\n<h2>COMPARISON OF PRECIPITATION AND RUNOFF ON THE ELBE RIVER BASIN IN THE PERIOD 1981\u20132019 WITH THEIR LONG-TERM FLUCTUATIONS<\/h2>\n<p>We first dealt with changes in long-term average precipitation and long-term average runoff levels during the warming period compared to their long-term fluctuations between 1851\u20132019. The choice of the Elbe river basin in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn is due to the fact that it occupies a substantial part of Bohemia and a long-term series of average monthly precipitation and runoff from the period 1851\u20132019 has been prepared for it. Since 1851, water levels have been systematically monitored on the Elbe in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn, and later in his work [5] Novotn\u00fd reconstructed the flows for the historical period. We used flow values supplemented by water\u00a0abstraction, wastewater discharge, and activities on water reservoirs in the catchment area. These data have only been available since 1979, which may add additional inaccuracy to the comparison results for seasonal and monthly averages.<\/p>\n<p>Average precipitation in the Elbe river basin in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn in 1851\u20131875 is burdened by considerable uncertainty. Until 1828, it is estimated only from observations from Klementinum; from 1829, observations in Havl\u00ed\u010dk\u016fv Brod were added, and from 1848, observations in \u010c\u00e1slav were added. Data from 55 stations have been available since 1876 and from 382 precipitation stations since 1880.<\/p>\n<p>Air warming, which is part of global climate change, has been intense in the Czech Republic since 1980. This phenomenon is evident in the display of deviations of moving average air temperatures for a\u00a0forty-year period in the Elbe river basin in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn, calculated by the difference in a\u00a0number of annual averages from 1851\u20132019 from the average temperature for this period (see <em>Fig.\u00a01<\/em>). <em>Fig.\u00a01<\/em> also shows the deviations of the forty-year moving averages of average annual precipitation and annual levels of runoff from this river basin in the form of relative values in\u00a0[%] of averages for the whole period.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-1-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30080 size-full alignnone lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"157\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-1-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-1-2-300x59.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-1-2-768x151.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/157;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig.\u00a01. Relative deviations of forty-year moving averages of average annual precipitation and annual runoff heights in\u00a0[%] and deviations of forty-year moving averages of average annual air temperatures, scale in tenths of \u00b0C<\/h6>\n<p>Analysis of the longest series of monitored flows in the Czech Republic, for example in the study of long-term fluctuations of Vltava flows in Prague [6], revealed that average flows fluctuated to a\u00a0significant degree in the past. The fluctuations have periodic components, which is also evident in the data from watercourses worldwide, as demonstrated by Pek\u00e1rov\u00e1 [7]. This phenomenon must be taken into account when assessing the possible effect of warming on changes in runoff regime.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fig.\u00a01<\/em> shows that, even with a\u00a0relatively long averaging interval of 40 years, precipitation averages fluctuate around 10% and the fluctuation has a\u00a0cyclic character, with a\u00a0wavelength of about 90 to 100 years. If the nature of the fluctuations has not changed, we are currently on the ascending part of the cycle. Kv\u011bto\u0148 and \u017d\u00e1k came to the same conclusion [8] during the evaluation of the precipitation series 1808\u20132019 from the Prague Klementinum station.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-2-3.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30082 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"164\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-2-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-2-3-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-2-3-768x157.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/164;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig.\u00a02. Relative deviations of forty-year moving averages of average precipitation and runoff heights for the months December to February<\/h6>\n<p>Leaving aside the different courses of relative deviations of forty-year moving averages of precipitation and runoff before 1915, which may be related to the uncertainty of precipitation estimates before 1875, we find a similar course of deviations of both quantities until about 1988. Then, until 2013, runoff deviations are relatively greater than precipitation deviations. The following period of drought caused a decrease in runoff; therefore, the forty-year averages of precipitation and runoff for the period 1981\u20132019 are very close to the averages for the whole period 1851\u20132019, and thus the effect of warming is not apparent\u00a0in the long-term annual averages of precipitation and runoff from the period of intense warming in the data for the Elbe river basin in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn.<\/p>\n<p>To clarify which phases of the annual runoff cycle contributed to the described difference in runoff and precipitation deviations, we created graphs comparing the relative deviations of the forty-year averages of precipitation and runoff from the four seasons. The year is divided into the period December to February (winter), March to May (spring), June to August (summer), and September to November (autumn).<\/p>\n<p>The courses of forty-year moving averages of seasonal average precipitation and runoff show the following:<\/p>\n<p>Winter precipitation and runoff have had an upward trend since about 1975, and runoff has deviated from the range of values that occurred in the previous part of the series since 2002. This can be explained by the fact that due to higher temperatures, more snow will melt during the winter due to increasing precipitation.<\/p>\n<p>Spring precipitation from the above-average level in 1933 decreased by about 10% to the level of 1983, and then i\u00a0fluctuated only slightly around this level. Runoff from the maximum in 1927 decreased by about 18% by 1980, and then were increasing until 2013. After a\u00a0short decrease in runoff, the deviations in precipitation and runoff in the forty-year period 1981\u20132019 almost agreed at the level of \u22124% to \u22125%.<\/p>\n<p>On a\u00a0relative scale, summer precipitation did not fluctuate much in the long run, in contrast to summer runoff; its course deviates significantly from the course of precipitation than in other seasons. In the forty-year periods ending before 1925, the precipitation estimate is probably less accurate. In the following period, until about 1954, the course of runoff deviations and precipitation deviations did not differ much. After 1954, the difference between runoff and precipitation deviations gradually increased. We explain this by the fact that during the summer floods in 1954, 1981, 1997, and 2002, the runoff coefficient from several days of intense precipitation was significantly higher than from a\u00a0comparable total of less intense precipitation distributed over a\u00a0longer period of time. After 2002, the relative deviations of runoff were decreasing,\u2028in the forty-year period 1981\u20132019, after a\u00a0period of hydrological drought, up to the value of \u22124%.<\/p>\n<p>Autumn precipitation and runoff were similarly decreasing from the level after 1941 by about 16% until 1988, then again increased similarly to average values; runoff after 2013 decreased to \u22124%.<\/p>\n<p>The course of the quantities in <em>Fig.\u00a03<\/em> to <em>5<\/em> result in the following findings:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-3-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30084 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"164\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-3-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-3-2-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-3-2-768x157.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/164;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig.\u00a03. Relative deviations of forty-year moving averages of average precipitation and runoff heights for March to May<\/h6>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-4-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30086 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"164\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-4-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-4-2-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-4-2-768x157.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/164;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig.\u00a04. Relative deviations of forty-year moving averages of average precipitation and runoff heights for the months June to August<\/h6>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-5-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30088 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-5-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"164\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-5-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-5-2-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-5-2-768x157.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/164;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig.\u00a05. Relative deviations of moving averages of average precipitation and runoff heights for the months of September to November<\/h6>\n<p>The fluctuations of the forty-year moving averages of seasonal precipitation and runoff, with the exception of the rise in winter runoff in the period after 2002, did not deviate from the range in which they fluctuated in the period 1851\u20132019.<\/p>\n<p>According to the data from <em>Tab.\u00a01<\/em>, the annual average precipitation in the Elbe river basin in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn practically did not change. The increase in winter precipitation and the decrease in spring precipitation are obvious. The changes in runoff are larger on a\u00a0relative scale; the increase in winter runoff is in contrast to the decrease in other seasons.<\/p>\n<h5><em>Tab. 1. Relative deviations of annual and seasonal precipitation and runoff in the Elbe river basin in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn [%] in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the whole period 1851\u20132019<\/em><\/h5>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-1-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30090 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"164\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-1-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-1-2-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-1-2-768x157.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/164;\" \/><\/a>\n<p>When assessing the relative deviations of average seasonal precipitation and runoff, it is necessary to keep in mind that they are related to significantly different values of long-term averages, so that their share in the deviations of annual averages is quite different\u00a0\u2013 see <em>Tab.\u00a02<\/em>, which shows the percentages of averages of seasonal precipitation and seasonal runoff on the annual average.<\/p>\n<h5><em>Tab. 2. Shares of averages of seasonal precipitation and seasonal runoff on the annual average [%]<\/em><\/h5>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-2-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30092 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"164\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-2-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-2-2-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-2-2-768x157.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/164;\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Although summer precipitation outweighs precipitation from other seasons, summer runoff is only half the spring runoff and exceeds the share of winter runoff from significantly less precipitation.<\/p>\n<p>For the analysis of the trend and changes in the trend in the series of annual and seasonal precipitation and runoff, we also used statistical analysis with the software methodologically described in [9]. The CTPA application allows the use of a\u00a0series of statistical tests that assess, for example, the following hypotheses: the series has a\u00a0normal distribution; the members of the series are statistically independent; the series has a\u00a0change in average; the series shows a\u00a0trend; there is a\u00a0change in trend in a\u00a0series. Several methodologically different tests can be used to verify some hypotheses.<\/p>\n<p>For testing, we first used a\u00a0series of annual precipitation levels and a\u00a0series of precipitation levels for the seasons defined above. At the significance level of 0.05, the hypothesis of a\u00a0normal distribution and independence of members for all tested series was not rejected. A\u00a0statistically significant change in the average was indicated for the annual series in 1991 and for the winter series in 1993. The overall trend of the annual series is upwards by 0.187\u00a0mm\/year, for the winter series by 0.174\u00a0mm\/year; however, it is only statistically significant for the winter series.<\/p>\n<p>The results for the runoff series are more uncertain when using the significance level; the series do not correspond to the normal distribution. There are autocorrelations in many annual values. The algorithm used indicated a\u00a0change in the trend in 1965 from ascending to declining.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the comparisons can be summarized in the conclusion that, apart from the increase in winter runoff, we did not find any changes that would demonstrate a\u00a0more significant effect of warming on long-term precipitation and runoff. The forty-year averages of precipitation and runoff did not deviate from the range in which they occurred during a\u00a0period when the air temperature did not increase intensively for a\u00a0long time.<\/p>\n<h2>COMPARISON OF AVERAGE PRECIPITATION AND RUNOFF IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC<\/h2>\n<p>We assessed the variability of precipitation and runoff changes in the Czech Republic according to the deviations of the averages from the period 1981\u20132019 from the averages from the period 1961\u20131980. The choice of these periods was influenced by the requirement for available data\u00a0\u2013 synchronous observation of precipitation and runoff at gauging stations. We assessed averages from whole years, seasons and, partly, from individual months. We selected a\u00a0set of river basins which allows us to assess regional differences in changes in precipitation and runoff. In the first stage, data from the final gauging stations of large river basins were used; later, the assessment was supplemented by stations characterizing the variability of conditions from mountain to lowland river basins.<\/p>\n<h3>Comparison of precipitation and runoff averages 1981\u20132019 and 1961\u20131980 for the Elbe river basin in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn<\/h3>\n<p>The relative deviations of annual and seasonal precipitation and runoff in the Elbe river basin in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn [%] in the period 1981\u20132019 from averages of the period 1961\u20131980 are shown in <em>Tab.\u00a03<\/em>. In comparison with <em>Tab.\u00a02<\/em>, we find that the significant deviations are similar in both tables; a\u00a0larger difference in <em>Tab.\u00a03<\/em> is in the decrease in autumn runoff and it probably affects a\u00a0larger\u00a0\u2013 albeit statistically insignificant\u00a0\u2013 decrease in the annual average.<\/p>\n<h5><em>Tab. 3. Relative deviations of annual and seasonal precipitation and runoff in the Elbe river basin in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn [%] in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980<\/em><\/h5>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-3-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30094 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"164\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-3-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-3-2-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-3-2-768x157.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/164;\" \/><\/a>\n<p>A\u00a0comparison of relative changes in precipitation and runoff levels [%] in individual months for the Elbe river basin in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn is shown in <em>Fig.\u00a06<\/em>. There is a continuous increase in precipitation from December to March, with the exception of February. It is worth noting that, after the increase in March, precipitation decreases in April. Decreases in runoff from May to September can be attributed to less precipitation in the spring and more intense evapotranspiration during the growing season due to rising air temperatures.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-6-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30096 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-6-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-6-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-6-2-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-6-2-768x524.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/546;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig. 6. Relative deviations in average precipitation heights and runoff heights in individual months for the Elbe river basin in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980<\/h6>\n<h3>Comparison of precipitation and runoff averages 1981\u20132018 and 1961\u20131980 in large river basins<\/h3>\n<p>In the next stage of the calculations, we processed data from the river basins of gauging stations which are close to the lower profiles of the larger river basins of watercourses listed in <em>Tab.\u00a04<\/em>. Relative deviations of average annual and average seasonal precipitation in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980 are listed in <em>Tab.\u00a05<\/em> and shown in <em>Fig.\u00a07<\/em> and <em>8<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h5><em>Tab. 4. List of river basins of gauging stations representing large river basins in the Czech Republic<\/em><\/h5>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-4-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30098 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-4-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-4-2-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-4-2-768x480.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/500;\" \/><\/a>\n<p><em>Fig.\u00a07<\/em> shows that in most river basins in the period 1981\u20132019, compared to the previous period 1961\u20131980, the average annual precipitation increased by 2% to 4%, in the Oh\u0159e river basin by 7.5%. In the Elbe (above the Vltava confluence), at the Brand\u00fds n. L. station, the annual precipitation averages decreased slightly, and the annual precipitation averages in the Odra river basin decreased significantly.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-7-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30100 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-7-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-7-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-7-2-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-7-2-768x482.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/502;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig. 7. Relative deviations of annual precipitation averages in the catchment area of gauging stations in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980<\/h6>\n<p><em>Fig.\u00a08<\/em> and <em>Tab.\u00a05<\/em> show that the increase in annual precipitation was mainly due to increases in precipitation in the winter and autumn months, only in the Oh\u0159e river basin and slightly in the Vltava river basin was it also due to summer precipitation. Decreases in spring precipitation are more significant in the Elbe and Odra river basins. Summer precipitation decreased in the Odra and Moravia river basins. Changes in precipitation in the Czech Republic in the warming period, assessed according to average precipitation in selected larger river basins, are clearly different in the river basins in the northern part of the territory from the river basins in the southern and western parts of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-8-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30102 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-8-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"478\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-8-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-8-2-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-8-2-768x459.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/478;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig. 8. Relative deviations of seasonal average precipitation in the catchment area of gauging stations in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980<\/h6>\n<h5><em>Tab.\u00a05. Relative deviations of average annual and average seasonal precipitation in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980 in\u00a0[%], decreases are highlighted<\/em><\/h5>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-5-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30104 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-5-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"222\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-5-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-5-2-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-5-2-768x213.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/222;\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Changes in average precipitation from individual calendar months listed in <em>Tab.\u00a06<\/em> and shown in <em>Fig.\u00a09<\/em> reach larger values on a\u00a0relative scale than the deviations of the seasonal averages. The fluctuation of changes in the neighbouring months during the year is confirmed. January averages (excluding the Elbe and the Odra) show increases of over 20%, with slight declines prevailing in February, with the exception of Be\u010dva, where an insignificant increase was recorded. In March, precipitation increased or did not change in all river basins, and decreased (with one exception) from April to June. The July increase (except for the Odra and Morava) is followed by slight and small disparate changes in August. In September, precipitation increased in all river basins in Moravia even above 20%; the increase in October is especially noticeable on the Vltava and Oh\u0159e rivers. In November (except Oh\u0159e) there is a\u00a0typical decrease below 10%, in December an increase of 6% to 10%, in Brand\u00fds n. L. only by 1%.<\/p>\n<h5><em>Tab.\u00a06. Relative deviations of average monthly precipitation in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980 in [%]<\/em><\/h5>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-6-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30106 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-6-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"223\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-6-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-6-2-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-6-2-768x214.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/223;\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-9-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30108 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-9-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"478\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-9-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-9-2-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-9-2-768x459.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/478;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig. 9. Relative deviations of monthly precipitation averages in the catchment area of gauging stations in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980<\/h6>\n<p>As the changes in precipitation in the neighbouring months have the opposite trend prevailing; in the January\u2013February, March\u2013April, June\u2013July, and November-December pairs in particular, changes in seasonal averages expressed in percentages are levelled to significantly smaller values. The constant decrease in precipitation in the period from April to June is unfavourable for the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>Deviations of annual flow averages in <em>Tab.\u00a07<\/em> and <em>Fig.\u00a010<\/em> show that the average flows in the period 1981\u20132019 were lower in all compared stations than in the period 1961\u20131980, on a\u00a0relative scale by up to 17% at the Bohum\u00edn station on Odra, and at least by about 2% in Louny on Odra.<\/p>\n<h5><em>Tab.\u00a07. Relative deviations of average annual and average seasonal flows in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980 in [%]<\/em><\/h5>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-7-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30110 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-7-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-7-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-7-2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-7-2-768x531.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/553;\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-10-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30112 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-10-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"478\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-10-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-10-2-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-10-2-768x459.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/478;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig.\u00a010. Relative deviations of average annual flows in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980<\/h6>\n<p>Relative deviations of seasonal average flows are shown in <em>Tab.\u00a08<\/em> and <em>Fig.\u00a011<\/em>. In the winter, the flow averages did not decrease only on the Elbe in Brand\u00fds n. Labem and in Louny. In the spring and summer, the flows at all monitored stations decreased, mostly on the Odra in Bohum\u00edn by 17% in the spring and by about 30% in the summer. Autumn flows decreased on the Elbe, Vltava, Odra, and Morava (here more significantly\u00a0\u2013 by about 18%), while the largest increase was recorded on the Oh\u0159e.<\/p>\n<p>Relative deviations of the average monthly flows from individual months in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980 in\u00a0[%] are listed in <em>Tab.\u00a08<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h5><em>Tab. 8. Relative deviations of average monthly flows in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980 in [%]<\/em><\/h5>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-8-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30114 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-8-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"226\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-8-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-8-2-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-tabulka-8-2-768x217.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/226;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig. 11. Relative deviations of seasonal average flows in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980<\/h6>\n<p><em>Fig.\u00a012<\/em> shows that the change in seasonal distribution of flows in the Oh\u0159e is different from the Vltava and Elbe river basins; the changes for the Moravian watercourses differ significantly only in September, see <em>Fig.\u00a013<\/em>.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-12-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30116 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-12-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-12-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-12-2-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-12-2-768x403.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/420;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig.\u00a012. Relative deviations of monthly average flows in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980\u00a0\u2013 river basins in Bohemia<\/h6>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-13-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30118 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-13-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"412\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-13-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-13-2-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-13-2-768x396.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/412;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig. 13. Relative deviations of monthly average flows in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980 \u2013 river basins in Moravia<\/h6>\n<h3>Variability of changes in average precipitation and runoff in sub-basins<\/h3>\n<p>In the following stage, we focused on the variability of changes in average precipitation in 41 sub-basins. We limited the evaluation to annual and seasonal averages. The variability of changes in annual and seasonal precipitation averages is shown in <em>Fig.\u00a014<\/em>.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-14-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30120 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-14-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-14-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-14-2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-14-2-768x531.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/553;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig.\u00a014. Deviations of annual and seasonal averages of precipitation in sub-basins in the Czech Republic in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980<\/h6>\n<p>A\u00a0slight decrease in annual precipitation in the sub-basins that are part of the Elbe above the Vltava confluence is similar at most stations, namely about 2% to 3%. In the mountain basins (Vest\u0159ev\u00a0\u2013 Krkono\u0161e, T\u00fdni\u0161t\u011b n. O.\u00a0\u2013 Orlick\u00e9 hory, \u017delezn\u00fd Brod\u00a0\u2013 Jizersk\u00e9 hory), the changes in precipitation averages are negligible. In the group of river basins in eastern and central Bohemia, which form a\u00a0continuous strip from Lou\u010dn\u00e1 to V\u00fdrovka, a\u00a0decrease in precipitation ranged from 1.9% to 3.1%. Only the result for Doubrava in \u017dleby deviates from this. A\u00a0decrease in precipitation in the lower profile of Brand\u00fds n. Labem by 0.88% is thus a\u00a0superposition of unchanged precipitation in mountain areas and decreases in sub-basins at a\u00a0lower altitude.<\/p>\n<p>In the sub-basins of the Vltava, the average annual precipitation in most stations increases by about 3% to 4%, with the exception of the Mal\u0161e river basin in Po\u0159e\u0161\u00edn. On the Oh\u0159e, the increase in precipitation decreases from the highest value in Karlovy Vary by almost 10% downstream. According to data for B\u00edlina in Trmice and Plou\u010dnice, this is a\u00a0decrease towards the north. Decreases in annual precipitation averages of about 2% to 4% in the Odra River Basin are similar in all sub-basins. In the Morava and Dyje river basins, an increase of about 2% to 3% is usually recorded; in particular the data for the Jihlava river basin up to the Pta\u010dov station deviates from this (by about 7%).<\/p>\n<p>In the winter period from December to February, precipitation increased (with one exception) on all river basins. In Bohemia, the increase is greater in the Vltava, Berounka, Oh\u0159e, and Plou\u010dnice river basins, generally falling within the range of 10% to 15%. In the period from March to May, precipitation clearly decreased in most tributaries of the Elbe above the Vltava confluence and also in the Odra and Dyje river basins. Changes in precipitation between June and August are mostly, except for the increase in the Oh\u0159e and Plou\u010dnice river basins, in the range of \u22125% to +2%; only in the Odra, Lou\u010dn\u00e1, and Chrudimka river basins are there noticeable decreases in the range of \u221210%. The distribution of precipitation changes between September and November shows a\u00a0significant difference between small decreases in the Elbe above the Vltava confluence and increases in the sub-basins of the Vltava, Berounka, and Oh\u0159e river basins, ranging from 3% to 10%. The increases in the Odra and Upper Morava river basins are smaller, only up to 5%.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, it can be stated that only in the winter period in the Vltava river basin did precipitation increase slightly above 10%, while in the spring period there was a\u00a0steady decrease in precipitation in the Elbe river basin. The changes in the summer period are generally small; precipitation has been steadily increasing in the Oh\u0159e river basin and slightly decreasing in the Odra river basin. In autumn, precipitation decreased slightly in the Elbe river basin, and increased in the Vltava river basin and in the Oh\u0159e river basin. The results show that the relative deviations of the seasonal precipitation averages are usually significantly larger than the deviations of the annual averages. Differences in changes in annual averages are the result of decreases in spring and autumn precipitation in the Elbe and Odra river basins and an increase in autumn precipitation in the Vltava river basin.<\/p>\n<p>The variability of changes in annual and seasonal runoff averages is shown in <em>Fig.\u00a015<\/em>.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-15-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30130 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-15-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"553\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-15-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-15-2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-15-2-768x531.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/553;\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Fig.\u00a015. Relative deviations of average annual and seasonal flows in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980<\/h6>\n<p>The mountain basins of the Upper Elbe and Jizera are characterized by very small changes in annual averages. Decreases in tributaries of the Elbe are changing from about 5% to 10% in the upper stream up to the level of 25% for tributaries of the Middle Elbe; the maximum decrease of about 35% is evaluated in the Mrlina river basin. In the Vltava river basin, the changes in flows are very small at the stations in the \u0160umava region. When comparing the results for S\u00e1zava, Lu\u017enice, Berounka, and Oh\u0159e, we find that, from east to west, the decreases change from values slightly exceeding 10% up to a\u00a0practically unchanged flow of the Oh\u0159e. We do not use the increase in the B\u00edlina river basin in this regard due to the uncertainty of elimination of the influence of flows. Stations from the Odra, Morava, and Dyje river basins also show only a\u00a0very small decrease in flows in mountain river basins (Ostravice, Be\u010dva). Larger river basins, even if they are part of a\u00a0mountain area, are characterized by clear decreases in the range of about 10% to 15%, with the exception of the Odra in Svinov.<\/p>\n<p>In the period from December to February, in mountain river basins and in the Oh\u0159e river basin, the averages increase up to the level of about 15%. In contrast, in the area of tributaries of the Middle Elbe, flows decrease on average by about 15%; in the Odra, Morava, and Dyje river basins this was mostly by 10%. In the spring period from March to May, flows decreased in most stations, slightly in mountain basins, usually in the range of up to 10%; however, in the area of tributaries of the Middle Elbe is was by more than 20%. Summer flows between June and August decreased in all river basins, in the Elbe river basin by more than 30% (the most by 59% in Vestec on Mrlina), in the Odra and Morava river basins usually by about 30%, in the Vltava river basin mostly by about 26%. The results from September to November are more volatile than in other seasons. Areas with constant decreases of more than 15% are tributaries of the\u00a0Middle Elbe; in other stations, decreases of up to 10% were found. There is also an increase in flows; however, they reach more than 10% only occasionally.<\/p>\n<h2>COMPARISON OF CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION AND RUNOFF<\/h2>\n<p><em>Fig.\u00a016<\/em> shows deviations of the average annual precipitation and deviations of the average annual runoff in the scale of precipitation and runoff levels in the river basin in\u00a0mm; it is clear that the runoff decreases show a\u00a0free dependence on the change in precipitation. The regression relationship between the change in precipitation (dP) and the change in runoff (dR) is shown in <em>Fig.\u00a017<\/em>. The zero change in precipitation during warming in individual river basins, which ranges from 0.68 to 0.94 \u00b0C, corresponds to a\u00a0decrease in runoff of about 30\u00a0mm\/year, according to the regression relationship.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-16-3.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30124 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-16-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-16-3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-16-3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-16-3-768x430.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/448;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig. 16. Deviations of average annual precipitation and average annual runoff heights in the period 1981\u20132019 with respect to the period 1961\u20131980<\/h6>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-17-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30126 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-17-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"457\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-17-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-17-2-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-17-2-768x439.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/457;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig. 17. Correlation relation of the deviations of runoff depending on the deviations of precipitation for the river basin from <em>Fig.\u00a016<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>The relationship between increase in air temperature and change in runoff in individual river basins is very loose; it is characterized by a\u00a0coefficient of determination of 0.16.<\/p>\n<p>For a\u00a0general estimate of the decrease in runoff due to the increase in air temperature in the period 1981\u20132019, we used a\u00a0calculation based on the assumption that in each of the monitored river basins, the average long-term territorial evaporation is proportional to the long-term average precipitation. Based on the evaporation\/precipitation ratio determined from the period 1961\u20131980, we calculated the evaporation estimate for precipitation from the period 1981\u20132019. When we subtract from it the value of evaporation in the area, which is given as the difference between the observed precipitation and the observed runoff, we obtain an approximate estimate of the part of the runoff decrease that can be attributed to the effect of warming. The results of this calculation in <em>Fig.\u00a018<\/em> show that the effect of warming varies in the monitored river basins in a\u00a0fairly wide range. The average value of runoff decreases due to warming is 27\u00a0mm.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-18-2.jpg\" rel=\"shadowbox[sbpost-30074];player=img;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30128 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-18-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"385\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-18-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-18-2-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Kasparek-18-2-768x370.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/385;\" \/><\/a>\n<h6>Fig.\u00a018. Estimation of the contribution of warming in the decrease of the average annual runoff in the period 1981\u20132019 compared to the period 1961\u20131980<\/h6>\n<h2>CONCLUSION<\/h2>\n<p>Based on a comparison of the course of forty-year average precipitation in the Elbe river basin in D\u011b\u010d\u00edn and runoff levels from this river basin for the period 1951\u20132019, it can be stated that after 1980 there were no changes deviating from fluctuations in the previous period. This applies to averages from whole years as well as to averages from four seasons. A similar finding applies to fluctuations\u00a0in the forty-year moving averages of annual and seasonal runoff levels from the said river basin, with the exception of the increase in winter runoff.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0comparison of possible changes in precipitation and runoff during the warming period in seven larger river basins of Bohemia and Moravia showed that in the period 1981\u20132019, compared to the previous period 1961\u20131980, average annual precipitation in four river basins increased by 2% to 4%, in Oh\u0159e river basin by 7.5%. On the other hand, in the Elbe above Vltava confluence and in the Odra river basin, the average annual precipitation decreased by about 1% and 3%, respectively. The increase in annual precipitation was mainly due to increases in precipitation in the winter and autumn months, as there were significant decreases in spring in three river basins and summer precipitation in two river basins. The average flows in the period 1981\u20132019 were lower in all compared stations than in the period 1961\u20131980; they decreased on a\u00a0relative scale, with the exception of the Be\u010dva and Oh\u0159e river basins, by 5% to 17%. Changes in runoff levels are regionally different and reach values \u200b\u200bthat affect the flow regime. The annual flows of the Bohemian river basins decreased from April to August or September. In the Moravian river basins, the decrease also begins in April, deepening until August; however, in the autumn months the courses different a\u00a0lot.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth repeating that these figures are characteristic of the averages over 40 years, when the temperature was increasing with slight fluctuations, not of the conditions at the end of this period.<\/p>\n<p>The summary processing of data from 41 sub-basins showed that the nature of the changes determined on the basis of data from seven large river basins is similar for most of the sub-basins that are a\u00a0part of them. Exceptions are relative changes in flows in river basins located in mountainous areas, which are very small.<\/p>\n<p>The estimate of the share of warming in the decrease of the average runoff level, determined on the basis of the above-mentioned indicative results, ranges from 15\u00a0mm to 45\u00a0mm, i.e., on average 30\u00a0mm per year. However, these are only indicative results. For more reliable estimates, it will be necessary to use more complex methods describing the relationships between balance sheet quantities.<\/p>\n<p>The paper has been peer-reviewed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The basic meteorological variables that affect the hydrological regime are atmospheric precipitation and air temperature. Both fluctuate not only in the short term and in the annual cycle, but also in the long term. Long-term changes in both of these variables have the character of periodic fluctuations around the mean values. Since about 1980, there has been a systematic increase in air temperature in the Czech Republic. This article provides information on how the climate fluctuations that this change brings affect the precipitation and runoff regime in our territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":14477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[2748,2749,2747],"coauthors":[35,29],"class_list":["post-30074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hydraulics-hydrology-and-hydrogeology","tag-changes-in-atmospheric-precipitation","tag-changes-in-runoff-from-the-river-basin","tag-increasing-air-temperature"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30074"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30133,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30074\/revisions\/30133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30074"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtei.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=30074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}