Rietholzbach Research Catchment
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The purpose of the research catchment is to promote hydrological process studies to support the development of water balance and runoff models and to serve for educational purposes.
The Rietholzbach catchment is a small hilly pre-alpine basin located in north-eastern Switzerland. More information about the site.
We use the measurements from Rietholzbach to gain insights into land surface energy and water storage and exchanges. More information about the research.
The Rietholzbach catchment features long term meteorological and hydrological time-series. More information about data, live data, and long-term climatologies.
Meteorological and hydrological measurements are carried out continuously at two sites in the Rietholzbach catchment. More information about the instrumentation.
We offer a yearly one-week field course in hydrology, climate, micrometeorology and synoptic meteorology. More information about teaching.
A large number of publications is available, documenting the research achievements with data from the Rietholzbach catchment. More information about publications.
The Rietholzbach Research Catchment is operated by the Land-Climate Dynamics group. More information about the team.