A comparison of transit time distribution vs. fraction of young water to characterize storage in a mountain headwater catchment: does the tail matter?

Ravindra Dwivedi1, Christopher J Eastoe2, John F Knowles3, Mcintosh, Jennifer C4, Thomas Meixner1, Ty P.A. Ferre2, Rebecca L. Minor5, Greg Barron‐Gafford5, Nate Abramson6, M. Stanley7 and Jon Chorover8, (1)University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)Univ Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)USDA-ARS, Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)The University of Arizona, HAS, Tucson, AZ, United States, (5)University of Arizona, School of Geography & Development, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)University of Arizona, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, United States, (7)Mt. Lemmon Water District, Tucson, United States, (8)University of Arizona, Environmental Science, Tucson, AZ, United States