The Hydrological Open Air Laboratory (HOAL) in Petzenkirchen: a  hypothesis-driven observatory

Blöschl, G.; Blaschke, A. P.; Broer, M.; Bucher, C.; Carr, G.; Chen, X.; Eder, A.; Exner-Kittridge, M.; Farnleitner, A.; Flores-Orozco, A.; Haas, P.; Hogan, P.; Kazemi Amiri, A.; Oismüller, M.; Parajka, J.; Silasari, R.; Stadler, P.; Strauss, P.; Vreugdenhil, M.; Wagner, W.; Zessner, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-227-2016

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18 Jan 2016

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| 18 Jan 2016

The Hydrological Open Air Laboratory (HOAL) in Petzenkirchen: a hypothesis-driven observatory

G. Blöschl, A. P. Blaschke, M. Broer, C. Bucher, G. Carr, X. Chen, A. Eder, M. Exner-Kittridge, A. Farnleitner, A. Flores-Orozco, P. Haas, P. Hogan, A. Kazemi Amiri, M. Oismüller, J. Parajka, R. Silasari, P. Stadler, P. Strauss, M. Vreugdenhil, W. Wagner, and M. Zessner

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RC C3062: 'Comments regarding the manuscript entitled ‘The Hydrological Open Air Laboratory (HOAL) in Petzenkirchen : a hypotheses driven observatory’.', Laurent Pfister, 12 Aug 2015
- AC C5601: 'Response', Günter Blöschl, 11 Dec 2015
RC C3338: 'Useful contribution to the scientific community', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Aug 2015
- AC C5604: 'Response', Günter Blöschl, 11 Dec 2015
EC C5614: 'Editor Comment', Murugesu Sivapalan, 13 Dec 2015

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ED: Publish as is (14 Dec 2015) by Murugesu Sivapalan

AR by Günter Blöschl on behalf of the Authors (14 Dec 2015)

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This paper illustrates the experimental and monitoring set-up of the 66 ha Hydrological Open Air Laboratory (HOAL) in Petzenkirchen, Lower Austria, which allows meaningful hypothesis testing. The HOAL catchment features a range of different runoff generation processes (surface runoff, springs, tile drains, wetlands), and is convenient from a logistic point of view as all instruments can be connected to the power grid and a high-speed glassfibre local area network.