Reakcja wód tatrzańskich systemów wywierzyskowych na katastrofalne zjawiska atmosferyczne

Long-term observation of the Tatra Mountains have allowed the determination of the degree of sensi-tivity of waters circulating in karst vaucluse systems to atmospheric phenomena. The correlation coefficients forrfluctuations in the water table in Tatra vaucluse springs clearly show that during the period from the beginningof the monitoring, in the 1980s, to the mid-2010s (2013), the waters of all Tatra vaucluse springs reacted in a simi-lar way. Disastrous storms that, at the turn of 2013 caused huge damage to the vegetation covering the areas ofthe Polish part of the Western Tatras, contributed to the intensification of surface erosion processes and, as a con-sequence, to uncovering outcrops of karst rocks. An analysis of correlation relationships between fluctuations inthe water table in the Tatra vaucluse springs in the period after 2013 showed a clear change in the value of the cor-relation coefficientrin relation to the waters circulating in the Wywierzysko Chocho³owskie vaucluse system.