Long-term monitoring in the forested headwater catchment Rindbach, Austria, as a basis for an integrated natural hazard management

Stockholm

2024

1155

Bandaufführung

9087; 13356S

40005069

As part of an action program launched by the Austrian federal government that specifically addresses challenges regarding protective forests, a case study has been established in the Rindbach watershed near Ebensee (Upper Austria) for long term monitoring, research and training. This torrential-model catchment will serve as a natural laboratory and as a training area for practical courses with a long-term perspective (>30 years). It is managed and organized in close cooperation with the Austrian Protective Forest Hub (https://www.protective forest.at/protectiveforesthub.html), which serves as a competence center for nationwide coordination, exchange of information and knowledge transfer, bringing together various interest groups. The main objective of the experimental catchment Rindbach is to gain understanding about geological, hydrological, hydraulic, forestry and engineering interrelationships under natural conditions.