Publications

Jackson, C.R., Klaus, J. (2025): On the distribution of interflow downslope travel distances and slope characteristics - An expanded meta-analysis of hillslope studies. Water Resources Research, in press.

Glaser, C., Gannon, J.P., Godsey, S.E., Grande, E., Klaus, J. (2025): Streamflow (de)generation - how do streams lose flow? Hydrological Processes, 39 (10), e70258, 
https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70258.

Innocente dos Santos, C., Klaus, J., Chaffe, P.L.B. (2025): The effects of Diabase dikes on the spatial distribution of baseflow: Geology trumps Topography. Hydrological Processes, 39 (10), e70288, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70288.

Klaus, J. (2025): Was passiert eigentlich, wenn es regnet? Geographische Rundschau 7/8-2025.

Popp, A. L., Beria, H., Sprenger, M., Ala-Aho, P., Coenders-Gerrits, M., Groh, J., Klaus, J., Knapp, J. L. A., Koren, G., Bakiri, I., Xu Fei, E., Gillon, M., Harman, C., Hissler, C., Holmes, T., Jeelani, G., Kalvans, A., Montemagno, A., Zeray Oztuerk, E., Zvab Rozic, P., Stadnyk, T., Stumpp, C., Valiente, N., von Freyberg, J., van Meerveld, I., Penna, D., Vreca, P., Zuecco, G. and Kirchner, J. W. (2025): Recent advances in tracer-aided mixing modeling of water in the Critical Zone. Reviews of Geophysics, 63 (3), e2024RG000866. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024RG000866

Kaffas, K., Murgia, I., Menapace, A., Macchioli Grande, M., Verdone, M., Dani, A., Manca di Villahermosa, F. S., Preti, F., Segura, C., Massari, C., Klaus, J., Borga, M. and Penna, D. (2025): Controls on preferential flow and its role on streamflow generation in a Mediterranean forested catchment. Journal of Hydrology, 660 (B), p.133469. 
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133469

Ceolin, S., Schymanski, S., van Dusschoten, D., Koller, R. and Klaus, J. (2025): Root growth dynamics and allocation as a response to rapid and local changes in soil moisture. Biogeosciences, 22 (3), p.691–703. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-691-2025

McGuire, K. J., Klaus, J. and Jackson, C. R. (2024): JAMES BUTTLE REVIEW: Interflow, subsurface stormflow and throughflow: A synthesis of field work and modelling. Hydrological Processes, 38 (9), e15263. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15263

Grande, M. M., Kaffas, K., Verdone, M., Borga, M., Cocozza, C., Dani, A., Errico, A., Fabiani, G., Gourdol, L., Klaus, J. and di Villahermosa, F.M. (2024): Seasonal meteorological forcing controls runoff generation at multiple scales in a Mediterranean forested mountain catchment. Journal of Hydrology, 639, p.131642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131642

Fabiani, G., Klaus, J. and Penna, D. (2024): The influence of hillslope topography on beech water use: a comparative study in two different climates. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28 (12), p.2683–2703. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-2683-2024

Klaus, J., Baranov, V., Lewandowski, J., Zangerlé, A. and van Schaik, L. (2024): Biological Activity as a Trigger of Enhanced Ecohydrological Interface Activity. In Ecohydrological Interfaces (eds S. Krause, D. Hannah and N. Grimm). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119489702.ch2 (Book chapter)

Pfister, L., Klaus, J., Wetzel, C.E., Antonelli,, M. and Martínez-Carreras, N. (2024): Tracing Hydrological Connectivity with Aerial Diatoms. In Ecohydrological Interfaces (eds S. Krause, D. Hannah and N. Grimm). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119489702.ch11 (Book chapter)

Krause, S., Lewandowski, J., Grimm, N.B., Hannah, D.M., Pinay, G., McDonald, K., Martí, E., Argerich, A., Pfister, L., Klaus, J., Battin, T., Larned, S.T., Schelker, J., Fleckenstein, J., Schmidt, C., Rivett, M.O., Watts, G., Sabater, F., Sorolla, A. and Turk, V. (2024): Ecohydrological Interfaces as Hotspots of Ecosystem Processes. In Ecohydrological Interfaces (eds S. Krause, D. Hannah and N. Grimm). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119489702.ch1 (Book chapter)

Segura, C., Penna, D., Borga, M., Hissler, C., Iffly, J.F, Klaus, J., Latron, J., Llorens, P., Marchina, C., Martínez-Carreras, N., Pfister, L. and Zuecco, G. (2023): Comparing hydrological responses across catchments using a new soil water content metric. Hydrological Processes, 37(10), e15010. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15010

Carlotto, T., Klaus, J. and Chaffe, P. (2023): An open-source GIS preprocessing tool for the ParFlow hydrological model (PFGIS-Tool v1.0.0). Environmental Modelling and Software, 169, 105824, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105824.

Bonanno, E., Blöschl, G. and Klaus, J. (2023): Discharge, groundwater gradients, and streambed micro-topography control the temporal dynamics of transient storage in a headwater reach. Water Resources Research, 59 (7), e2022WR034053. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR034053

Fresne, M., Chun, K.P., Hrachowitz, M., McGuire, K.J., Schoppach, R. and Klaus, J. (2023): Importance of tree diameter and species for explaining the temporal and spatial variations of xylem water δ18O and δ2H in a multi-species forest. Ecohydrology, 16 (5), e2545. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2545

Schoppach, R., Chun, K.P. and Klaus, J. (2023): Allometric relations between DBH and sapwood area for predicting stand transpiration: Lessons learned from the Quercus genus. European Journal of Forest Research, 142, 797–809. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01558-9

Ficklin, D., Hannah, D.M., Wanders, N., Dugdale, S., England, J., Klaus, J., Kelleher, C., Khamis, K. and Charlton, M.B. (2023): Rethinking river water temperatures in a changing, human-dominated world. Nature Water 1, 125–128. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00027-2

Fabiani, G., Barbeta, A., Penna, D. and Klaus, J. (2022): Sapwood and heartwood are not isolated compartments: consequences for isotope ecohydrology. Ecohydrology, 15 (8), e2478. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2478

Bonanno, E., Blöschl, G. and Klaus, J. (2022): Exploring tracer information in a small stream to improve parameter identifiability and enhance the process interpretation in transient storage models. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences., 26 (23), 6003–6028, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6003-2022 

Benettin, P., Rodriguez, N.B., Sprenger, M., Kim, M., Klaus, J., Harman, C., van der Velde, Y., Hrachowitz, M., Botter, G., McGuire, K., Kirchner, J., Rinaldo, A. and McDonnell, J.J. (2022): Transit time estimation in catchments: Recent developments and future directions. Water Resources Research, 58 (11), e2022WR033096. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033096

Klaus, J., Monk, W., Zhang, L. and Hannah, D.M. (2022): Ecohydrological Interactions during Drought. Ecohydrology, 15 (5), e2456. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2456

He, Q., Xu, B., Yetemen, Ö., Lütfi Şen, Ö., Klaus, J., Schoppach, R., Çağlar, F., Yu Fan, P., Dieppois, B., Chen, L., Danaila, L., Massei, N. and Chun, K.P. (2022): Impact of the North-Sea Caspian pattern on Meteorological drought and Vegetation Response over diverging environmental systems in western Eurasia. Ecohydrology, 15(5), e2446. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2446

Fabiani, G., Schoppach, R., Penna, D. and Klaus J. (2022): Transpiration patterns and water use strategies of beech and oak trees along a hillslope. Ecohydrology 15 (2), e2382. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2382

Dugdale, S., Klaus, J. and Hannah, D.M. (2022): Looking to the skies: realising the potential of drones and thermal infrared imagery to advance hydrological process understanding in headwaters. Water Resources Research, 58 (2), e2021WR031168.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR031168