Influence of Post-Pyrogenic Successions of the Forests of the Urals on the Formation of Maximum Rainfall Flood Discharges

Abstract

The issues of losses on the crowns of forest stands in the conditions of forest successions after fires and associated changes in the maximum discharge of rainfall floods are considered. The results of complex field, experimental work, deterministic modelling are presented. It has been established that with the complete burnout of forests in the catchment, the maximum flow rates can increase by 40% compared to the initial state of the forests, and with the restoration of forests, the maximum flow rates of floods again decrease by 15-20% over a 20-year period. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.