Brief Communication: Investigating the invisible subsurface stormflow process through a thorough and systematic study across sites and scales
Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Abstract: . 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 quality is much larger than commonly assumed. The hydrologic community should therefore not shy away from the challenge to monitor SSF, but should instead join forces, make creative use of novel sensing techniques and systematically tackle the investigation of this elusive process. While this endeavor is high in effort and risk, it also comes with the potential of high gain. We here describe the challenges and propose a possible way forward.
Institutions: GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Philipps University of Marburg, Universität Innsbruck, Technische Universität Dresden, University of Freiburg, University of Bayreuth, Austrian Research Centre for Forests, University of Duisburg-Essen, University of Zurich, Freie Universität Berlin
Language: English
Subfield: Water Science and Technology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Award: G4034274660
OpenAlex ID: W4414629196
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