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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1153-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1153-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
02 Mar 2015
Research article |
| 02 Mar 2015
Sampling frequency trade-offs in the assessment of mean transit times of tropical montane catchment waters under semi-steady-state conditions
Departamento de Recursos Hídricos y Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management (ILR), Research Centre for Bio Systems, Land Use and Nutrition (IFZ), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen, Germany
D. Windhorst
Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management (ILR), Research Centre for Bio Systems, Land Use and Nutrition (IFZ), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen, Germany
R. Celleri
Departamento de Recursos Hídricos y Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
L. Timbe
Departamento de Recursos Hídricos y Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
P. Crespo
Departamento de Recursos Hídricos y Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
H.-G. Frede
Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management (ILR), Research Centre for Bio Systems, Land Use and Nutrition (IFZ), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen, Germany
J. Feyen
Departamento de Recursos Hídricos y Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador
L. Breuer
Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resources Management (ILR), Research Centre for Bio Systems, Land Use and Nutrition (IFZ), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen, Germany
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- Identification of groundwater mean transit times of precipitation and riverbank infiltration by two‐component lumped parameter models N. Le Duy et al.
- Using isotopes to understand the evolution of water ages in disturbed mixed land‐use catchments K. Dimitrova‐Petrova et al.
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- Mean transit times in headwater catchments: insights from the Otway Ranges, Australia W. Howcroft et al.
- Factors controlling the temporal variability of streamflow transit times in tropical alpine catchments K. Larco et al.
- Tracer sampling frequency influences estimates of young water fraction and streamwater transit time distribution M. Stockinger et al.
- Factors controlling inter-catchment variation of mean transit time with consideration of temporal variability W. Ma & T. Yamanaka
- Flow partitioning modelling using high-resolution electrical conductivity data during variable flow conditions in a tropical montane catchment P. Lazo et al.
- On the shape of forward transit time distributions in low-order catchments I. Heidbüchel et al.
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- Hydroclimatic controls on non-stationary stream water ages in humid tropical catchments C. Birkel et al.
- Contrasting transit times of water from peatlands and eucalypt forests in the Australian Alps determined by tritium: implications for vulnerability and the source of water in upland catchments I. Cartwright & U. Morgenstern
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- Estimating retention potential of headwater catchment using Tritium time series H. Hofmann et al.
- Illuminating hydrological processes at the soil‐vegetation‐atmosphere interface with water stable isotopes M. Sprenger et al.
- A lab in the field: high-frequency analysis of water quality and stable isotopes in stream water and precipitation J. von Freyberg et al.
- Identification of groundwater mean transit times of precipitation and riverbank infiltration by two‐component lumped parameter models N. Le Duy et al.
- Using isotopes to understand the evolution of water ages in disturbed mixed land‐use catchments K. Dimitrova‐Petrova et al.
- Linking tracers, water age and conceptual models to identify dominant runoff processes in a sparsely monitored humid tropical catchment C. Birkel & C. Soulsby
- Mean transit times in headwater catchments: insights from the Otway Ranges, Australia W. Howcroft et al.
- Factors controlling the temporal variability of streamflow transit times in tropical alpine catchments K. Larco et al.
- Tracer sampling frequency influences estimates of young water fraction and streamwater transit time distribution M. Stockinger et al.
- Factors controlling inter-catchment variation of mean transit time with consideration of temporal variability W. Ma & T. Yamanaka
- Flow partitioning modelling using high-resolution electrical conductivity data during variable flow conditions in a tropical montane catchment P. Lazo et al.
- On the shape of forward transit time distributions in low-order catchments I. Heidbüchel et al.
- Flow Partitioning Modelling Using High-Resolution Isotopic and Electrical Conductivity Data G. Mosquera et al.
- Effects of streamflow isotope sampling strategies on the calibration of a tracer‐aided rainfall‐runoff model J. Stevenson et al.
- Hydroclimatic controls on non-stationary stream water ages in humid tropical catchments C. Birkel et al.
- Contrasting transit times of water from peatlands and eucalypt forests in the Australian Alps determined by tritium: implications for vulnerability and the source of water in upland catchments I. Cartwright & U. Morgenstern
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Short summary
Stream, soil and precipitation waters were collected in a tropical montane cloud forest catchment for 2 years and analyzed for stable water isotopes in order to infer transit time distribution functions and mean transit times for semi-steady-state conditions. Samples were aggregated to diverse sampling resolutions for checking the sensitivity of sampling frequency on lumped-model predictions. Results provide valuable information for the planning of future fieldwork in similar catchments.
Stream, soil and precipitation waters were collected in a tropical montane cloud forest...
