Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2617-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-2617-2015
Research article
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03 Jun 2015
Research article |  | 03 Jun 2015

Estimating flow and transport parameters in the unsaturated zone with pore water stable isotopes

M. Sprenger, T. H. M. Volkmann, T. Blume, and M. Weiler

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (21 Dec 2014) by Mauro Giudici
AR by Matthias Sprenger on behalf of the Authors (02 Mar 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Mar 2015) by Mauro Giudici
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (22 Mar 2015)
RR by Christine Stumpp (31 Mar 2015)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (12 Apr 2015) by Mauro Giudici
AR by Matthias Sprenger on behalf of the Authors (22 Apr 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (10 May 2015) by Mauro Giudici
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Short summary
We present a novel approach that includes information about the pore water stable isotopic composition in inverse model approaches to estimate soil hydraulic parameters. Different approaches are presented and their adequacy regarding the model efficiency, realism and parameter identifiability are discussed. The advantages of the new approach are shown by an application of the inverse estimated parameters to infer the water balance and the transit time for three different study sites.