Evaluating the Value of Young Water Fraction for Determining Water Transit Times in Diverse Catchments

Arianna Borriero1, Rohini Kumar2, Tam Van Nguyen3, Jan H Fleckenstein3,4 and Stefanie Lutz5, (1)Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ Leipzig, Hydrogeology, Leipzig, Germany, (2)Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ, Computational Hydrosystems, Leipzig, Germany, (3)Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany, Hydrogeology, Leipzig, Germany, (4)Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, Hydrologic Modeling Unit, Bayreuth, Germany, (5)Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands