- Department:(Dept. 1) Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry
40@40: 40 Key Papers From the First 40 Years of Hydrological Processes
Development of a New Generic AI Model for Spatio-Temporal Prediction of Soil Moisture and Soil Water Isotopes
High-Resolution Regional Atmospheric Simulation of Precipitation and Isotopes in Central America
The authors used an isotope-enabled spectral model to improve the simulation of precipitation and its isotopic composition over Costa Rica to assess the feasibility of using atmospheric model outputs as forcing data for ecohydrological models. When simulating long-term hydrological processes the model outputs provide a reliable source of forcing data and can be used for hydrological forecasts.
Tracing the occurrence and spatial drivers of organic contaminants in urban ponds along urbanization gradients
This study presents a multi-tracer approach to investigate the impacts of urbanization on pond pollution at the city-scale, linking trace organic contaminant data, urban hydrology, and urbanization measures. In Berlin, urban ponds contained a wide variety of dissolved organic contaminants, with water inflow being a more important driver of high contaminant concentrations than surrounding land use.
Exploring impacts of forest management strategies on water partitioning in a drought-sensitive catchment using a tracer-aided ecohydrological framework
The authors developed a parsimonious, tracer-aided forest management scenario framework using an ecohydrological model, which was designed to isolate the dominant vegetation-structural controls on long-term water partitioning. Evapotranspiration was highest under conifers, exceeding broadleaf forests and agroforestry by 7 % and 11 %. Agroforestry exhibited the greatest groundwater recharge.
The Anatomy of Convection Under Lake Ice: Reynolds Stresses and Convective Energy Budget From In Situ Observations
Rapid drought-to-flood weather whiplash amplifies climate change governance failure
Prediction of Hydroclimatic Anomalies Using a New Isotope Precipitation Index
The authors used stable water isotopes to trace the origin of precipitation and are developing a new, isotope-based Evaporation and Moisture Recycling Index (iEMI). The iEMI can identify anomalous dry periods and links evaporation-driven precipitation to droughts in Europe, Africa, and Australia. This innovative index can help improve drought monitoring and optimize water management worldwide.
Unravelling the Role of Surface Water–Groundwater Connectivity in the Andean Páramo
Effects of temporary streamflow interruption on hyporheic oxygen dynamics
This study provides high-resolution, field-based evidence of the importance of accounting for short-term flow interruptions in river management strategies. It demonstrated that a one-day streamflow interruption of the side channel of the River Erpe caused a significant decrease in diel surface water oxygen amplitude and porewater oxygen concentrations, as well as a metabolic shift after rewetting.