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Influence of rainfall event characteristics and antecedent conditions on subsurface stormflow response of two forested hillslopes Open

Emanuel Thoenes, Theresa Blume, Markus Weiler, Bernhard Kohl, Luisa Hopp , et al. · 2025

Subsurface stormflow (SSF) is a critical runoff-producing mechanism in many upland and mountainous environments, yet the complex relationships between antecedent conditions, rainfall characteristics and SSF response are still not fully und…

Brief Communication: Investigating the invisible subsurface stormflow process through a thorough and systematic study across sites and scales Open

Theresa Blume, Peter Chifflard, Stefan Achleitner, Andreas Hartmann, Stefan Hergarten , et al. · 2025

Subsurface stormflow (SSF) is one of the least studied and therefore least understood runoff generation processes because detecting and quantifying SSF is extremely challenging. However, the impact of SSF on streamflow dynamics and water q…

Does afforestation increase soil water buffering? A demonstrator study on soil moisture variability in the Alpine Geroldsbach catchment, Austria Open

R. E. Molenaar, Manfred Kleidorfer, Bernhard Kohl, Adriaan J. Teuling, Stefan Achleitner · 2024

This study employed an operational monitoring network to measure soil moisture and runoff behaviour continuously in the Alpine catchment Geroldsbach-Götzens, Austria. We hypothesize that afforestation can have a positive impact on soil wat…

Using machine learning approaches for predicting suspended sediments in alpine catchments – uncertainties and limitations Open

Thomas Frasnelli, Johannes Schöber, María Herminia Pesci, Kristian Förster, Stefan Achleitner · 2024

Hydropower generation and the associated sediment management is one out of different water related services that are subjected to hydrological changes over time. Thus, the assessment and prediction of the sediment transported from catchmen…

Influence of rainfall event characteristics on the subsurface stormflow response: a multi-site analysis Open

Emanuel Thoenes, Bernhard Kohl, Markus Weiler, Stefan Achleitner · 2024

In many natural landscapes, subsurface stormflow (SSF) is a runoff-producing mechanism which can substantially contribute to the storm hydrograph of a stream. Despite its importance, its complex and highly dynamic nature have hindered its …

Robust estimations of areal grain size distribution from geometric surface roughness in a proglacial outwash area Open

Clemens Hiller, Sebastian Leistner, Kay Helfricht, Stefan Achleitner · 2023

Rapid glacier mass loss in high-alpine catchments exposes unconsolidated sediments to erosion by meltwater-fed mountain streams, with impact on the catchment-scale sediment dynamics. Proglacial outwash areas (OWA) are a key spatial element…

From multi-method monitoring towards numerical simulations of flood flow events in a proglacial outwash plain Open

Clemens Hiller, Jakob Siedersleben, Sebastian Leistner, Thomas Wibmer, Kay Helfricht , et al. · 2023

Shifting runoff dynamics and highly intensified geomorphic processes are immediate consequences of the evident glacier mass loss in high-alpine headwater catchments. Rapidly retreating glaciers expose unconsolidated sediments to erosion in…

Fast and Invisible: Conquering Subsurface Stormflow through an Interdisciplinary Multi-Site Approach Open

Peter Chifflard, Theresa Blume, Stefan Achleitner, Bernhard Kohl, Markus Weiler , et al. · 2023

Where does water go when it rains? Where are floods generated and how? What controls stream water quality during events? These questions are important to many fields from engineering and flood protection to water and ecosystem management a…

From Geometric Surface Roughness to Grain Size Distribution Maps – Establishing Robust Estimations for Hydro-Morphological Conditions in a Proglacial Outwash Area Open

Clemens Hiller, Sebastian Leistner, Kay Helfricht, Stefan Achleitner · 2023

Flood flow in a proglacial outwash plain - quantifying spatial extent and frequency of inundation from time-lapse imagery Open

Clemens Hiller, Lukas Walter, Kay Helfricht, Klemens Weisleitner, Stefan Achleitner · 2022

High mountain environments have shown substantial geomorphological changes forced by rising temperatures in recent decades. As such, paraglacial transition zones in catchments with rapidly retreating glaciers and abundant sediment…

COSMOS-Europe: a European network of cosmic-ray neutron soil moisture sensors Open

Heye Bogena, Martin Schrön, Jannis Jakobi, Patrizia Ney, Steffen Zacharias , et al. · 2022

Climate change increases the occurrence and severity of droughts due to increasing temperatures, altered circulation patterns, and reduced snow occurrence. While Europe has suffered from drought events in the last decade unlike ever seen s…

Flood Flow in a Proglacial Outwash Plain: Quantifying Spatial Extent and Frequency of Inundation from Time-Lapse Imagery Open

Clemens Hiller, Lukas Walter, Kay Helfricht, Klemens Weisleitner, Stefan Achleitner · 2022

High mountain environments have shown substantial geomorphological changes forced by rising temperatures in recent decades. As such, paraglacial transition zones in catchments with rapidly retreating glaciers and abundant sediments are key…

Deriving Key Input Data for Hydraulic Modelling of Sediment Transport in an Alpine Proglacial Outwash Plain Open

Clemens Hiller, Sebastian Leistner, Lukas Walter, Kay Helfricht, Klemens Weisleitner , et al. · 2022

Solution for a Sluicing Channel with high and coarse Sediment Intake in an Alpine River Open

Jakob Siedersleben, Stefan Achleitner, Markus Aufleger, Marco Schuster · 2022

Reply on RC3 Open

Heye Bogena, Martin SchrÃ¶n, Jannis Jakobi, Patrizia Ney, Steffen Zacharias , et al. · 2021

Abstract. Climate change increases the occurrence and severity of droughts due to increasing temperatures, altered circulation patterns, and reduced snow occurrence. While Europe has suffered from drought events in the las…

Interaction of torrential and urban catchments – Pros and cons of storm sewer retentions Open

Stefan Achleitner, Benjamin Kammereck, Robert Sitzenfrei, Bernhard Kohl, Leopold Stepanek · 2021

The design of retention measures in urban sewer systems are well known, but – with regard of the hydraulic design of retention basins – the runoff from urban and torrential catchments is often considered independent due to the – in many ca…

Interaction of torrential and urban catchments – Pros and cons of storm sewer retentions Open

Stefan Achleitner, Benjamin Kammereck, Robert Sitzenfrei, Bernhard Kohl, Leopold Stepanek · 2021

The design of retention measures in urban sewer systems are well known, but – with regard of the hydraulic design of retention basins – the runoff from urban and torrential catchments is often considered independent due to the – in many ca…

Comment on essd-2021-325 Open

Heye Bogena, Martin SchrÃ¶n, Jannis Jakobi, Patrizia Ney, Steffen Zacharias , et al. · 2021

Abstract. Climate change increases the occurrence and severity of droughts due to increasing temperatures, altered circulation patterns, and reduced snow occurrence. While Europe has suffered from drought events in the las…

Comment on essd-2021-325 Open

Heye Bogena, Martin SchrÃ¶n, Jannis Jakobi, Patrizia Ney, Steffen Zacharias , et al. · 2021

Abstract. Climate change increases the occurrence and severity of droughts due to increasing temperatures, altered circulation patterns, and reduced snow occurrence. While Europe has suffered from drought events in the las…

COSMOS-Europe: A European Network of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Soil Moisture Sensors Open

Heye Bogena, Martin Schrön, Jannis Jakobi, Patrizia Ney, Steffen Zacharias , et al. · 2021

Human-caused climate change increases the occurrence and severity of droughts due to increasing temperatures, altered circulation patterns and reduced snow occurrence. For example, Europe has suffered from drought events in the last decade…

Discharge Calculation of Side Weirs with Several Weir Fields Considering the Undisturbed Normal Flow Depth in the Channel Open

Adrian Lindermuth, Théo St. Pierre Ostrander, Stefan Achleitner, Bernhard Gems, Markus Aufleger · 2021

Discharge behavior at side weirs is significantly influenced by the water surface profile along the weir crest. In the past century, different approaches were developed to describe this profile and the associated discharge coefficients. Ho…

Pluviale Überflutung und Hangwasser Open

Dirk Muschalla, Stefan Achleitner · 2021

Modellierung pluvialer Sturzfluten – Anforderungen und Sensitivitäten der 2D-hydraulischen Modellierung Open

A Huber, Simon Lumassegger, Bernhard Kohl, Yvonne Spira, Felix Weingraber , et al. · 2021

Zusammenfassung Lokale Starkregen und der daraus resultierende Oberflächenwasserabfluss führten in den letzten Jahren vermehrt zu pluvialen Sturzfluten (Hangwässern) verbunden mit Überflutungen und Schäden. Auch in Österreich kam es vermeh…

Suspended sediment and discharge dynamics across multiple spatial and temporal scales in a glaciated alpine environment: the case of the upper Ötztal, Austria Open

Lena Katharina Schmidt, Till Francke, Theresa Blume, Johannes Schöber, Daniel Pfurtscheller , et al. · 2021

High alpine areas are affected disproportionately by global warming and are thus found to be in a transient state. This causes accelerating glacial retreat, which can have severe impacts on discharge and potentially sediment dynam…

A reevaluation of the atmospheric pressure dependence of secondary cosmic-ray neutrons in the context of Cosmic-Ray Neutron Sensing Open

Jannis Weimar, Paul Schattan, Martin Schrön, Markus Köhli, Rebecca Gugerli , et al. · 2021

Secondary cosmic-ray neutrons may be effectively used as a proxy for environmental hydrogen content at the hectare scale. These neutrons are generated mostly in the upper layers of the atmosphere within particle shower…

Development of debris cover and changes in fluvial sediments at Eastern Alpine glaciers Open

Kay Helfricht, Clemens Hiller, Severin Hohensinner, Gabriele Schwaizer, Florian Haas , et al. · 2021

High mountain environments showed substantial geomorphological changes forced by rising temperatures over the past 150 years. Glacier retreat is the most visible manifestation of climate change in alpine areas and has a significan…

Physical and numerical modelling of sediment guiding walls in an alpine river Open

Jakob Siedersleben, Marco Schuster, Dennis Ties, Benjamin Zwick, Markus Aufleger , et al. · 2021

The presented work is part of the optimization of the sediment management at the hydroelectric powerplants in Reutte/Höfen in Austria. The weirs of the two powerplants are situated at the alpine river Lech, located about …

Annually Resolved Monsoon Onset and Withdrawal Dates Across the Himalayas Derived From Local Precipitation Statistics Open

Camilla F. Brunello, Christoff Andermann, Odin Marc, Katrin Schneider, Francesco Comiti , et al. · 2020

A local and flexible definition of the monsoon season based on hydrological evidence is important for the understanding and management of Himalayan water resources. Here, we present an objective statistical method to retrieve seasonal hydr…

Bedload dynamics in the rapidly changing paraglacial zone of a high alpine catchment Open

Clemens Hiller, Kay Helfricht, Gabriele Schwaizer, Severin Hohensinner, Kerstin Wegner , et al. · 2020

High mountain environments have been confronted with rising temperatures and geomorphological changes over the past 150 years, with the considerable retreat of glaciers constituting one of the most pronounced impacts in the Alps. …

Assessing the role of a priori user knowledge in climate services perception: An experiment with university students across Europe Open

Rafael Pimentel, María José Polo, María José Pérez-Palazón, Stefan Achleitner, Manuel Díez‐Minguito , et al. · 2020

By definition a climate service (CS) is a provision of climate information to assist decision-making. Therefore, CS users are the crucial agent in the CS production chain. User role needs to go further than only making use of the …

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