Characteristics and controls of variability in soil moisture and groundwater in a headwater catchment

McMillan, H. K.; Srinivasan, M. S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1767-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1767-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-1767-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 4

Research article

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17 Apr 2015

Research article |

| 17 Apr 2015

Characteristics and controls of variability in soil moisture and groundwater in a headwater catchment

H. K. McMillan and M. S. Srinivasan

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Final revised paper (published on 17 Apr 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 11 Aug 2014)

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RC C3341: 'Review of McMillan & Srinivasan', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Aug 2014
- AC C5142: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Hilary McMillan, 18 Nov 2014
RC C4430: 'Comment on McMillan, H.K. and Srinivasan, M.S., Controls and characteristics of variability in soil moisture and groundwater in a headwater catchment', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Oct 2014
- AC C5143: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Hilary McMillan, 18 Nov 2014
AC C5144: 'Revised manuscript in response to Referees comments', Hilary McMillan, 18 Nov 2014

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (11 Dec 2014) by Ilja van Meerveld

AR by Hilary McMillan on behalf of the Authors (29 Jan 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Feb 2015) by Ilja van Meerveld

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (05 Mar 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (07 Mar 2015)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (21 Mar 2015) by Ilja van Meerveld

AR by Hilary McMillan on behalf of the Authors (27 Mar 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

River flows depend not only on how much water is in a catchment, but also on where the water is stored, which changes over time. We monitored streamflow, soil moisture, and groundwater levels in a NZ catchment, to find out what controls water storage and variability. We found that the catchment had a summer mode where water storage is controlled by near-surface interactions of water with soils and vegetation, and a winter mode where water storage is controlled by deeper groundwater movement.