Impacts of a capillary barrier on infiltration and subsurface stormflow in layered slope deposits monitored with 3-D ERT and hydrometric measurements

Hübner, Rico; Günther, Thomas; Heller, Katja; Noell, Ursula; Kleber, Arno

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5181-2017

Articles | Volume 21, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5181-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5181-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 10

Research article

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17 Oct 2017

Research article |

| 17 Oct 2017

Impacts of a capillary barrier on infiltration and subsurface stormflow in layered slope deposits monitored with 3-D ERT and hydrometric measurements

Rico Hübner, Thomas Günther, Katja Heller, Ursula Noell, and Arno Kleber

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Interesting manuscript, it is worth of being published after some minor reviews.', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Apr 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Rico Hübner, 21 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Referee Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Jun 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Rico Hübner, 21 Jul 2017

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (26 Jul 2017) by Roberto Greco

AR by Rico Hübner on behalf of the Authors (04 Aug 2017) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (12 Aug 2017) by Roberto Greco

AR by Rico Hübner on behalf of the Authors (21 Aug 2017) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (28 Aug 2017) by Roberto Greco

AR by Rico Hübner on behalf of the Authors (29 Aug 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

In our study, we used a spatially and temporally high resolved 3-D ERT in addition to matric potential measurements to monitor the infiltration and subsurface water flow on a hillslope with layered slope deposits. We derived some interesting findings about the capillary barrier effect as a main driving factor for the activation of different flow pathways. Thus, the maintenance or breakdown of a capillary barrier has a decisive influence on the precipitation runoff response of of the catchment.