Zbiornik intercepcyjny brzozy brodawkowatej (Betula pendula Roth) / Bolesław Osuch, Anna Homa, Maciej Feliks, Maciej Kulig // Czasopismo Techniczne. Ś, Środowisko. – 2005, Z. 10-Ś, s. 103-118 : tab., ... więcej

Zbiornik intercepcyjny brzozy brodawkowatej (Betula pendula Roth) / Bolesław Osuch, Anna Homa, Maciej Feliks, Maciej Kulig // Czasopismo Techniczne. Ś, Środowisko. – 2005, Z. 10-Ś, s. 103-118 : tab., wykr. – Bibliogr. 15 poz., Abstr. – Tyt. streszcz.: Interception storage of white birch (Betula pendula Roth). – Mat. konf.: "Las i woda", Kraków-Ustroń, Poland, 4-6.06.2002. – Seria gł.: Technical Transactions = Czasopismo Techniczne, ISSN 0011-4561 ; R. 102

The aim of the paper is the description of the tree interception reservoir which, in this case, is the reservoir of European white birch (Betula pendula Roth). The target is to determine the interception ... więcej

The aim of the paper is the description of the tree interception reservoir which, in this case, is the reservoir of European white birch (Betula pendula Roth). The target is to determine the interception capacity of an arbitrary species tree. A method is sought for determining the interception capacity of the reservoir of a tree which retains on its surface, in its structure, certain amounts of rain water passing from the atmosphere to the ground surface here the plant lives. To give the sought reservoir the physical sense, the reservoir base was accepted as the tree surface (two-side leaf area plus bark area), while the reservoir height was defined as the average depth of water layer that can be retained on the surface. The measured leaf area and bark area exhibit strong correlation with the breast height diameter and tree shoot diameter. It is therefore possible to determine the tree leaf and bark area based on the measured breast height diameter and tree height.Experimentally determined average depth of water layer on tree green and bark surfaces enables the tree interception reservoir height to be determined. Due to this, after making inventory of trees on the representative plot of the forest area, and taking into account its age and compactness, there will be the possibility to calculate its interception capacity. In this paper a method of calculating of the interception reservoir capacity of European white birch occurring frequently as single species or as an addition to other forest communities. As regards to its structure, the birch represents a specific tree type. Up today, in the Hydrology Section of the Institute of Water Engineering and Water Management of Cracow University of Technology, there were developed descriptions of interception reservoirs of other trees, both coniferous and deciduous, as spruce (Picea abies), oak (Quercus robur), hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), and pine (Pinus silvestris).We hope that the descriptions of reservoirs of various tree species will be integrated into a common description in future.