REAKCJA WYBRANYCH ŹRÓDEŁ PIENIŃSKICH NA ZASILANIE ROZTOPOWE

Abstract

REACTION OF SELECTED SPRINGS IN THE PIENINY MTS. FOR THAWING REACHARGEAbstract. The stationary monitoring of selected springs in the area of the Pieniny National Park has been conducted since 2003. This paper presents the reaction of spring discharge on the snow cover thawing. The discharge has been monitored by means of the automatic limnimeters with continuous data logging. The study concerned meteorological factors (i.e. air temperature, snow cover thickness and duration, time of thawing) affecting directly the infiltration and retention dynamic of waters recharging springs in winter and early-spring period. The duration and course of the spring recharge caused by thawing depends on many interrelated meteorological, geological and hydrogeological factors. The most important are the winter meteorological conditions, morphological position of the spring, the depth of groundwater flow paths drained by the spring, and eventual relationship among recharging systems of particular springs.