Huewelerbach catchment Luxembourg

Huewellebach catchment with channel network and devices

Typical catena of the basin

Anual responce of precipitation and runoff in the Huewelerbach

Location

Upper Attert basin / Mosel basin, Luxembourg

Catchment size

2.7 km²

Climate

796 mm, 8.8 °C (2005 – 2008)

Geology

Sandstone, alternation of marls and limestones

Topography

289 m - 401 m a.s.l.

Vegetation/Land use

91.5 % forest, 7 % grassland, 1.5 % urbanised

Context of investigation

Process understanding

Measurements/Equipment

• Meteorological station since 2003
• Runoff since 2002
• Groundwater level since 2003
• Chemical analysis since2002
• Sediment
• Interception since 2003
• Geophysics

Links to project webpages

• CAOS

other Links

• Catchment description

References

Coenders-Gerrits, A.M.J., Hopp, L., Savenije, H.H.G., Pfister, L. (2013): The effect of spatial throughfall patterns on soil moisture patterns at the hillslope scale. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 17, 1749-1763, DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1749-2013.

Fenicia F., Savenije H.H.G., Matgen P., Pfister L., 2005. Is the groundwater reservoir linear? Learning from data in hydrological modelling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10, 139-151.

Gerrits A.M.J., Savenije H.H.G., Hoffmann L., Pfister L., 2007. New technique to measure forest floor interception - an application in a beech forest in Luxembourg. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 695-701.

Juilleret J., Hissler C., Heintz R., Iffly J.-F., Wrede S., Pfister L., Hoffmann L., 2009. Un exemple de cartographie pédo-géologique couplée: le bassin versant expérimental du Huewelerbach au Luxembourg. Submitted to Archives de l'Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg, Section des Sciences naturelles, physiques et mathématiques.

Martínez-Carreras N., Krein A., Iffly J.-F., Pfister L., Hoffmann L., Gallart F., 2007. Estimating suspended sediment loads and their uncertainty using sediment rating curves in the Attert river basin and sub-basins (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg). Proceedings of the International Conference on Off-site Impacts of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Prague, Czech Republic.

Pfister L. et. al., 2006. Cycleau project - Final report to the National Research Fund. 133 p.

Van den Bos R., Hoffmann L., Juilleret J., Matgen P., Pfister L., 2006. Regional runoff prediction through aggregation of first-order hydrological process knowledge: a case study’. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 51, 1021-1038.