Parcs

ID	TITEL	DATENTYP	AUTOR	JAHR
10615	Monitoring Geschiebe	Project	Fachbereich Naturschutz & Forschung	2002

Bemerkungen/Beschreibung

Debris flows represent a serious hazard for human settlements and infrastructure in alpine regions. Apart from the basic disposition of a watershed (e.g. relief energy, sediment availability) and variable disposition (e.g. seasonal changes), the trigger of these events are mostly intense convective storms or advective rainfalls. Therefore changes of climatic conditions are likely to have direct and potentially drastic impacts on the frequency and ensuing magnitude of torrential disasters. Up now there is no quantitative study of potential changes of magnitude and frequency of debris flow activity in the Austrian Alps. Therefore, the aim of the DEUCALION project was to assess changes of potential future disasters for different alpine regions and assess the consequences for selected watersheds. The main contribution of the project is a first time combined assessment of past, contemporary and potential future threshold conditions and subsequent assessment of changes of associated risks for human assets on vulnerable fans and cones.

Eintrag Nr. 39004

Determining and Visualizing Impacts of Greenhouse Climate Rainfall in Alpine Watersheds on Torrential Disasters