Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 27, issue 2
Articles | Volume 27, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-385-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-385-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 27, issue 2
Research article
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19 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 19 Jan 2023

Estimating karst groundwater recharge from soil moisture observations – a new method tested at the Swabian Alb, southwest Germany

Romane Berthelin, Tunde Olarinoye, Michael Rinderer, Matías Mudarra, Dominic Demand, Mirjam Scheller, and Andreas Hartmann

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Karstic recharge processes have mainly been explored using discharge analysis despite the high influence of the heterogeneous surface on hydrological processes. In this paper, we introduce an event-based method which allows for recharge estimation from soil moisture measurements. The method was tested at a karst catchment in Germany but can be applied to other karst areas with precipitation and soil moisture data available. It will allow for a better characterization of karst recharge processes.
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