Expansion and contraction of the flowing stream network alter hillslope flowpath lengths and the shape of the travel time distribution

van Meerveld, H. J. Ilja; Kirchner, James W.; Vis, Marc J. P.; Assendelft, Rick S.; Seibert, Jan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4825-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4825-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4825-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 11

Research article

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27 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 27 Nov 2019

Expansion and contraction of the flowing stream network alter hillslope flowpath lengths and the shape of the travel time distribution

H. J. Ilja van Meerveld, James W. Kirchner, Marc J. P. Vis, Rick S. Assendelft, and Jan Seibert

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'comment for hess-2019-218', Kang Yang, 30 May 2019
- AC2: 'Response to comment', Ilja van Meerveld, 09 Aug 2019
RC1: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Response to comments from reviewer 1', Ilja van Meerveld, 09 Aug 2019
RC2: 'Review of Expansion and contraction of the flowing stream network changes....', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Aug 2019
- AC3: 'Response to comments from reviewer 2', Ilja van Meerveld, 02 Sep 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (11 Sep 2019) by Thom Bogaard

AR by Ilja van Meerveld on behalf of the Authors (30 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (17 Oct 2019) by Thom Bogaard

AR by Ilja van Meerveld on behalf of the Authors (23 Oct 2019)

Short summary

Flowing stream networks extend and retract seasonally and in response to precipitation. This affects the distances and thus the time that it takes a water molecule to reach the flowing stream and the stream outlet. When the network is fully extended, the travel times are short, but when the network retracts, the travel times become longer and more uniform. These dynamics should be included when modeling solute or pollutant transport.