Stable water isotopes and tritium tracers tell the same tale: no evidence for underestimation of catchment transit times inferred by stable isotopes in StorAge Selection (SAS)-function models
Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628CN Delft,
the Netherlands
Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628CN Delft,
the Netherlands
Gerrit Schoups
Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and
Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628CN Delft,
the Netherlands
Christine Stumpp
Institute of Soil Physics and Rural Water Management, University of
Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna,
Austria
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This study shows that previously reported underestimations of water ages are most likely not due to the use of seasonally variable tracers. Rather, these underestimations can be largely attributed to the choices of model approaches which rely on assumptions not frequently met in catchment hydrology. We therefore strongly advocate avoiding the use of this model type in combination with seasonally variable tracers and instead adopting StorAge Selection (SAS)-based or comparable model formulations.
This study shows that previously reported underestimations of water ages are most likely not due...
