Articles | Volume 23, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2507-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2507-2019
Research article
 | 
03 Jun 2019
Research article |  | 03 Jun 2019

Spatially distributed tracer-aided runoff modelling and dynamics of storage and water ages in a permafrost-influenced catchment

Thea I. Piovano, Doerthe Tetzlaff, Sean K. Carey, Nadine J. Shatilla, Aaron Smith, and Chris Soulsby

Related authors

The role of catchment characteristics, discharge, and active- layer thaw in seasonal stream chemistry across 10 permafrost catchments
Arsh Grewal, Erin M. Nicholls, and Sean K. Carey
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 2467–2483, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2467-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2467-2025, 2025
Short summary
Using large-scale tracer-aided models to constrain ecohydrological partitioning in complex, heavily managed lowland catchments
Hanwu Zheng, Doerthe Tetzlaff, Christian Birkel, Songjun Wu, Tobias Sauter, and Chris Soulsby
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2166,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2166, 2025
This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS).
Short summary
Sub-daily dynamics of urban tree xylem water and ambient vapor
Ann-Marie Ring, Dörthe Tetzlaff, Christian Birkel, and Chris Soulsby
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1444,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1444, 2025
Short summary
The influence of permafrost and other environmental factors on stream thermal sensitivity across Yukon, Canada
Andras J. Szeitz and Sean K. Carey
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 1083–1101, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-1083-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-1083-2025, 2025
Short summary
Understanding ecohydrology and biodiversity in aquatic nature-based solutions in urban streams and ponds through an integrative multi-tracer approach
Maria Magdalena Warter, Dörthe Tetzlaff, Chris Soulsby, Tobias Goldhammer, Daniel Gebler, Kati Vierrikko, and Michael T. Monaghan
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3537,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3537, 2024
Short summary

Related subject area

Subject: Catchment hydrology | Techniques and Approaches: Modelling approaches
Technical note: How many models do we need to simulate hydrologic processes across large geographical domains?
Wouter J. M. Knoben, Ashwin Raman, Gaby J. Gründemann, Mukesh Kumar, Alain Pietroniro, Chaopeng Shen, Yalan Song, Cyril Thébault, Katie van Werkhoven, Andrew W. Wood, and Martyn P. Clark
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 2361–2375, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2361-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2361-2025, 2025
Short summary
CONCN: a high-resolution, integrated surface water–groundwater ParFlow modeling platform of continental China
Chen Yang, Zitong Jia, Wenjie Xu, Zhongwang Wei, Xiaolang Zhang, Yiguang Zou, Jeffrey McDonnell, Laura Condon, Yongjiu Dai, and Reed Maxwell
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 2201–2218, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2201-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2201-2025, 2025
Short summary
Evaluating the effects of topography and land use change on hydrological signatures: a comparative study of two adjacent watersheds
Haifan Liu, Haochen Yan, and Mingfu Guan
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 2109–2132, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2109-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2109-2025, 2025
Short summary
Technical note: What does the Standardized Streamflow Index actually reflect? Insights and implications for hydrological drought analysis
Fabián Lema, Pablo A. Mendoza, Nicolás A. Vásquez, Naoki Mizukami, Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini, and Ximena Vargas
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 1981–2002, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-1981-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-1981-2025, 2025
Short summary
Long short-term memory networks for enhancing real-time flood forecasts: a case study for an underperforming hydrologic model
Sebastian Gegenleithner, Manuel Pirker, Clemens Dorfmann, Roman Kern, and Josef Schneider
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 1939–1962, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-1939-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-1939-2025, 2025
Short summary

Cited articles

Adam, J. C., Hamlet, A. F., and Lettenmaier, D. P.: Implications of global climate change for snowmelt hydrology in the twenty-first century, Hydrol. Process., 23, 962–972, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7201, 2009. a
Ala-aho, P., Tetzlaff, D., McNamara, J. P., Laudon, H., Kormos, P., and Soulsby, C.: Modeling the isotopic evolution of snowpack and snowmelt: Testing a spatially distributed parsimonious approach, Water Resour. Res., 53, 5813–5830, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR020650, 2017a. a, b, c, d
Ala-aho, P., Tetzlaff, D., McNamara, J. P., Laudon, H., and Soulsby, C.: Using isotopes to constrain water flux and age estimates in snow-influenced catchments using the STARR (Spatially distributed Tracer-Aided Rainfall-Runoff) model, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 5089–5110, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5089-2017, 2017b. a, b, c, d, e
Ala-aho, P., Soulsby, C., Pokrovsky, O. S., Kirpotin, S. N., Karlsson, J., Serikova, S., Manasypov, R., Lim, A., Krickov, I., Kolesnichenko, L. G., Laudon, H., and Tetzlaff, D.: Permafrost and lakes control river isotope composition across a boreal Arctic transect in the Western Siberian lowlands, Environ. Res. Lett., 13, 034028, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa4fe, 2018a. a
Ala-aho, P., Soulsby, C., Pokrovsky, O. S., Kirpotin, S. N., Karlsson, J., Serikova, S., Vorobyev, S. N., Manasypov, R. M., Loiko, S., and Tetzlaff, D.: Using stable isotopes to assess surface water source dynamics and hydrological connectivity in a high-latitude wetland and permafrost influenced landscape, J. Hydrol., 556, 279–293, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.11.024, 2018b. a
Download
Short summary
We adapted the spatially distributed, tracer-aided model, STARR, to a permafrost-influenced catchment in the Yukon Territory, Canada, with a time-variable implementation of field capacity to capture thaw layer spatio-temporal dynamics. We applied a multi-criteria calibration with multi-year field data. This study demonstrates the value of the integration of isotope data in a spatially distributed model to quantify catchment water storage and age dynamics in a permafrost-influenced environment.
Share