Huewelerbach catchment Luxembourg
Location
Upper Attert basin / Mosel basin, Luxembourg
49* 43'6.1" N 5*54'20.5" E
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
other Links
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. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 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., Barnich, F., Hoffmann, L., Hoffmann, H., Iffly, J.F., Kies, T., Matgen, P., Salvia, M., Tailliez, C., Tosheva, Z., 2005. Application of various hydrograph separation techniques in a sandstone micro- basin in order to determine the spatio-temporal origin of streamwater: preliminary results. In: Progress in Surface and Subsurface Water Studies at Plot and Small Basin Scale (ed. by F. Maraga & M. Arattano), 71–74 (Proc. 10th ERB Conf., Turino, Italy 2004). Tech. Doc. Hydrol. 77, UNESCO, Paris, France.
- Pfister L. et. al., 2006. Cycleau project - Final report to the National Research Fund. 133 p.
- Pfister, L., McDonnell, J.J., Wrede, S., Hiubikov, D., Matgen, P., Fenicia, F., Ector, L., Hoffmann, L., 2009. The rivers are alive: on the potential for diatoms as a tracer of water source and hydrological connectivity. Hydrol. Process. 23, 2841–2845, DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7426.
- 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.