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Event and seasonal hydrologic connectivity patterns in an agricultural headwater catchment
Centre for Water Resource Systems, Vienna University of Technology,
Vienna, Austria
Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management,
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Borbála Széles
Centre for Water Resource Systems, Vienna University of Technology,
Vienna, Austria
Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management,
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Peter Strauss
Federal Agency of Water Management, Institute for Land and Water
Management Research, Petzenkirchen, Austria
Alfred Paul Blaschke
Centre for Water Resource Systems, Vienna University of Technology,
Vienna, Austria
Interuniversity Cooperation Centre Water & Health, Vienna, Austria
Günter Blöschl
Centre for Water Resource Systems, Vienna University of Technology,
Vienna, Austria
Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management,
Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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Short summary
We compared the dynamics of streamflow, groundwater and soil moisture to investigate how different parts of an agricultural catchment in Lower Austria are connected. Groundwater is best connected around the stream and worse uphill, where groundwater is deeper. Soil moisture connectivity increases with increasing catchment wetness but is not influenced by spatial position in the catchment. Groundwater is more connected to the stream on the seasonal scale compared to the event scale.
We compared the dynamics of streamflow, groundwater and soil moisture to investigate how...
