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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2895-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2895-2020
Research article
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03 Jun 2020
Research article |  | 03 Jun 2020

On the shape of forward transit time distributions in low-order catchments

Ingo Heidbüchel, Jie Yang, Andreas Musolff, Peter Troch, Ty Ferré, and Jan H. Fleckenstein

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With the help of a 3-D computer model we examined how long the water of different rain events stays inside small catchments before it is discharged and how the nature of this discharge is controlled by different catchment and climate properties. We found that one can only predict the discharge dynamics when taking into account a combination of catchment and climate properties (i.e., there was not one single most important predictor). Our results can help to manage water pollution events.