Long‐term stable water isotope and runoff data for the investigation of deforestation effects on the hydrological system of the Wüstebach catchment, Germany

Bogena, Heye R. ORCIDiD
Stockinger, Michael P. ORCIDiD
Lücke, Andreas ORCIDiD

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-4072
Bogena, Heye R.; Stockinger, Michael P.; Lücke, Andreas, 2020: Long‐term stable water isotope and runoff data for the investigation of deforestation effects on the hydrological system of the Wüstebach catchment, Germany. In: Hydrological Processes, 35, 1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-4072. 
 
Stockinger, Michael P.; 2 Institute for Soil Physics and Rural Water Management University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna Vienna Austria
Lücke, Andreas; 1 Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Bio‐ and Geosciences Agrosphere Institute (IBG‐3) Jülich Germany

Abstract

The Wüstebach catchment belongs to the German TERENO (Terrestrial Environmental Observatories) network and was partially deforested (~21%) by the Eifel National Park in 2013. In this data paper, we provide 11‐year precipitation and stream water isotope data and the corresponding runoff discharge rates recorded in the Wüstebach catchment (from 2009 to 2019). In addition, we provide an overview of available datasets and access information for environmental data of the Wüstebach catchment that are discoverable with associated metadata at the Web‐based TERENO data portal. We anticipate that this comprehensive data set will give new insights in how deforestation influences the hydrological system, for exampole, in terms of transit time distribution, fraction of young water and water flow paths at the catchment scale.