B02 investigates how the superposition of small-scale water input variation (precipitation passing heterogeneously through the canopy) and subsoil patterns (due to soil hydraulic properties and water uptake by roots) interact to decrease or enhance area-average flow and transport into the deeper Critical Zone. This research will involve a parallel approach using (a) a conceptual model to understand the consequences of those subscale processes for total fluxes and their variation at the landscape scale, and (b) direct measurements of water fluxes and constituents at specific microsite locations.

PI

Prof. Anke Hildebrandt, PhD Chair of Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geosciences Friedrich Schiller University Jena +49 (0)3641 9-48720 Email Department of Computational Hydrosystems, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ +49 (0)341 235-48 2238

Doctoral Researchers

Gökben Demir Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geosciences Friedrich Schiller University Jena +49 (0)3641 9-48723 Email

Johanna Metzger Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geosciences Friedrich Schiller University Jena +49 (0)3641 9-48723 Email

Associated Researcher

Dr. Thomas Wutzler Deparment of Biogeochemical Integration Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry +49 (0)3641 57-6271 +49 (0)3641 57-7200 Email

Technician

Janett Filipzik Terrestrial Ecohydrology, Institute of Geosciences Friedrich Schiller University Jena +49 (0)3641 57-6219 Email