Articles | Volume 29, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2309-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-2309-2025
Technical note
 | 
26 May 2025
Technical note |  | 26 May 2025

Technical note: A weighing forest floor grid lysimeter

Heinke Paulsen and Markus Weiler

Related authors

Uncertainty and non-stationarity of empirical streamflow sensitivities
Sebastian Gnann, Bailey J. Anderson, and Markus Weiler
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4527,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4527, 2025
This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS).
Short summary
Accumulation-based Runoff and Pluvial Flood Estimation Tool
Hannes Leistert, Andreas Hänsler, Max Schmit, Andreas Steinbrich, and Markus Weiler
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4447,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4447, 2025
This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Geoscientific Model Development (GMD).
Short summary
Matching scales of eddy covariance measurements and process-based modeling – Assessing spatiotemporal dynamics of carbon and water fluxes in a mixed forest in Southern Germany
Hassane Moutahir, Markus Sulzer, Ralf Kiese, Andreas Christen, Markus Weiler, Lea Dedden, Julian Brzozon, Pia Labenski, Prajwal Khanal, Ladislav Šigut, and Rüdiger Grote
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4605,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4605, 2025
This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Biogeosciences (BG).
Short summary
Brief Communication: Investigating the invisible subsurface stormflow process through a thorough and systematic study across sites and scales
Theresa Blume, Peter Chifflard, Stefan Achleitner, Andreas Hartmann, Stefan Hergarten, Luisa Hopp, Bernhard Kohl, Florian Leese, Ilja van Meerveld, Christian Reinhardt-Imjela, and Markus Weiler
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4424,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4424, 2025
This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS).
Short summary
Technical note: An innovative monitoring approach to measure spatio-temporal throughfall patterns in forests
Lea Dedden and Markus Weiler
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4285,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-4285, 2025
This preprint is open for discussion and under review for Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS).
Short summary

Cited articles

Andreasen, M., Christiansen, J. R., Sonnenborg, T. O., Stisen, S., and Looms, M. C.: Seasonal dynamics of canopy interception loss within a deciduous and a coniferous forest, Hydrol. Process., 37, e14828, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14828, 2023. 
Bello, Z. A. and Van Rensburg, L. D.: Development, calibration and testing of a low-cost small lysimeter for monitoring evaporation and transpiration: Development, calibration and testing of a low cost small lysimeter, Irrig. Drain., 66, 263–272, https://doi.org/10.1002/ird.2095, 2017. 
Dong, Y. and Hansen, H.: Development and design of an affordable field scale weighing lysimeter using a microcontroller system, Smart Agric. Technol., 4, 100147, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2022.100147, 2023. 
Floriancic, M. G., Allen, S. T., Meier, R., Truniger, L., Kirchner, J. W., and Molnar, P.: Potential for significant precipitation cycling by forest-floor litter and deadwood, Ecohydrology, 16, e2493, https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2493, 2023. 
Gerrits, A. M. J., Savenije, H. H. G., Hoffmann, L., and Pfister, L.: New technique to measure forest floor interception – an application in a beech forest in Luxembourg, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 695–701, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-11-695-2007, 2007. 
Download
Short summary
This technical note describes the development of a weighing forest floor grid lysimeter. The device is needed to investigate the dynamics of the water balance components of the organic layer in forests, quantifying precipitation, drainage, evaporation, and storage. We designed a setup that can be easily rebuilt and that is cost-effective, which allows for customized applications. Performance metrics from laboratory results and initial field data are presented.
Share