New water fractions and transit time distributions at Plynlimon, Wales, estimated from stable water isotopes in precipitation and streamflow

Knapp, Julia L. A.; Neal, Colin; Schlumpf, Alessandro; Neal, Margaret; Kirchner, James W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4367-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4367-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4367-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 10

Research article

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28 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 28 Oct 2019

New water fractions and transit time distributions at Plynlimon, Wales, estimated from stable water isotopes in precipitation and streamflow

Julia L. A. Knapp, Colin Neal, Alessandro Schlumpf, Margaret Neal, and James W. Kirchner

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RC1: 'reviewer comments', Markus Hrachowitz, 17 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Response to the interactive comment of Reviewer #1', Julia Knapp, 09 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Review of hess-2019-290', Nigel Roulet, 17 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Response to the interactive comment of Reviewer #2', Julia Knapp, 19 Aug 2019

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (03 Sep 2019) by Thom Bogaard

AR by Julia Knapp on behalf of the Authors (04 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Sep 2019) by Thom Bogaard

AR by Julia Knapp on behalf of the Authors (12 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We describe, present, and make publicly available two extensive data sets of stable water isotopes in streamwater and precipitation at Plynlimon, Wales, consisting of measurements at 7-hourly intervals for 17 months and at weekly intervals for 4.25 years. We use these data to calculate new water fractions and transit time distributions for different discharge rates and seasons, thus quantifying the contribution of recent precipitation to streamflow under different conditions.