Weißeritz catchment
Location
Eastern Ore Mountains, Czech Republic/Saxony Germany
Catchment size
360km²
Climate
humid - temperate
Geology
Topography
Mid moutain area, elevation 300 - 1000 m a.s.l.
Vegetation/Land use
Forest (mainly spruce), arable land, pasture
Context of investigation
- Identification of hydrological processes
- Flood forecasting
Measurements/Equipment
- gauges
- rain gauges
- soil moisture
Links to project webpages
References
- Burger, G; Reusser, D; Kneis, D. (2009): Early flood warnings from empirical (expanded) downscaling of the full ECMWF Ensemble Prediction System. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH, 45, W10443
- Franke, J., Häntzschel, J., Goldberga, V., Bernhofer, C. (2008): Application of a trigonometric approach to the regionalization of precipitation for a complex small-scale terrain in a GIS environment. Meteorol. Appl. 15: 483–490.
- Kneis, D., Heistermann, M. (2009): Quality assessment of radar-based precipitation estimates with the example of a small catchment. HYDROLOGIE UND WASSERBEWIRTSCHAFTUNG, 53(3), 160-171.
- Pöhler, H. (2006): Anpassung von WaSiM-ETH und die Erstellung und Berechnung von Landnutzungs und Klimaszenarien für die Niederschlag-Abfluss-Modellierung am Beispiel des Osterzgebirges, Freiberg, Germany, Dissertation.
- Zehe, E., Graeff, T., Morgner, M., Bauer, A., Bronstert, A. (2010): Plot and field scale soil moisture dynamics and subsurface wetness control on runoff generation in a headwater in the Ore Mountains. HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, 14(6), 873-889.