Dürreych experimental catchment

Dyrreych catchment.jpg

Location

SW-Germany, Northern Black Forest

Catchment size

7 km²

Climate

humid - temperate 1500 mm/a precipitation 6-7 degree Celsius mean annual temperature

Geology

Red Sandstone / Buntsandstein

Topography

Mid moutain area, elevation 500 - 1000 m a.s.l.

Vegetation/Land use

Forest (mainly spruce)

Context of investigation

Identification of hydrological processes

Measurements/Equipment

1 main gauge (1974-2005 2 weather stations (until 2005) 4 soil moisture profiles (1996-1998)

Links to project webpages

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dürreych

http://duerreych.de/

References

Casper, M., Gemmar, P., Gronz, O., Johst, M., Stuber, M. (2007): Fuzzy logic-based rainfall-runoff modelling using soil moisture measurements to represent system state. HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES, 52(3), 478-490.

Casper, M.C., Volkmann, H.N., Waldenmeyer, G., Plate, E.J. (2003): The separation of flow pathways in a sandstone catchment of the Northern Black Forest using DOC and a nested Approach. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH , 28(6-7), 269-275.

Waldenmeyer, G. (2002): Abflussbildung und Regionalisierung in einem forstlich genutzten Einzugsgebiet (Dürreychtal, Nordschwarzwald). Diss. Universität Karlsruhe (TH). Karlsruher Schriften zur Geographie und Geoökologie, 17, Karlsruhe.