Dr. Andreas Musolff
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany
Phone: +49 341 235 1983
Fax: +49 341 235 1837
Research Topics
- Modell- and data-driven approaches to water quality and quantity on catchment scale
- Concentration-Discharge relationships
- Travel time of water in catchments
Curriculum vitae
04/2010
Dr. Sc. nat., University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Center of Hydrogeology and Geothermal Energy, Thesis: Micropollutants in urban receiving waters
since 04/2009
Scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Hydrogeology
04/2006-03/2009
Ph.D. student, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Hydrogeology
09/2004-03/2006
Project manager for environmental information system software and database development, CORE2 Consult GmbH, Greifswald, Germany
01/2004-07/2004
Technical assistant for GIS development and databases, Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Germany
01/2002-08/2003
Project manager for GIS applications and GIS software, gen-i-sys Geodatenservice, Informationssysteme und Neue Medien GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
11/2001
Diploma Geology, University of Greifswald, Germany, Thesis: GIS supported estimation of the water balance and groundwater recharge
Publications
Index:
2023 (3)2022 (12)
2021 (10)
2020 (5)
2019 (3)
2018 (6)
2017 (6)
2016 (4)
2015 (2)
2014 (1)
2013 (1)
2012 (2)
2011 (2)
2010 (2)
2009 (5)
2007 (1)
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2023 (3)
- Möck, C., Musolff, A. (2023):
Grundwasser und Landwirtschaft – besser miteinander als gegeneinander. Groundwater and agriculture - better together than against each other
Grundwasser 28 (1), 1 - 2
full text (doi) - Wachholz, A., Dehaspe, J., Ebeling, P., Kumar, R., Musolff, A., Saavedra, F., Winter, C., Yang, S., Graeber, D. (2023):
Stoichiometry on the edge - Humans induce strong imbalances of reactive C:N:P ratios in streams
Environ. Res. Lett.
full text (doi) - Winter, C., Nguyen, V.T., Musolff, A., Lutz, S.R., Rode, M., Kumar, R., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2023):
Droughts can reduce the nitrogen retention capacity of catchments
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 27 (1), 303 - 318
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2022 (12)
- Ebeling, P., Kumar, R., Lutz, S.R., Nguyen, V.T., Sarrazin, F., Weber, M., Büttner, O., Attinger, S., Musolff, A. (2022):
QUADICA: water QUAlity, DIscharge and Catchment Attributes for large-sample studies in Germany
Earth Syst. Sci. Data 14 (8), 3715 - 3741
full text (doi) - Knapp, J.L.A., Li, L., Musolff, A. (2022):
Hydrologic connectivity and source heterogeneity control concentration-discharge relationships
Hydrol. Process. 36 (9), e14683
full text (doi) - Lutz, S.R., Ebeling, P., Musolff, A., Nguyen, V.T., Sarrazin, F., Van Meter, K.J., Basu, N.B., Fleckenstein, J.H., Attinger, S., Kumar, R. (2022):
Pulling the rabbit out of the hat: Unravelling hidden nitrogen legacies in catchment-scale water quality models
Hydrol. Process. 36 (10), e14682
full text (doi) - Nguyen, V.T., Kumar, R., Musolff, A., Lutz, S.R., Sarrazin, F., Attinger, S., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2022):
Disparate seasonal nitrate export from nested heterogeneous subcatchments revealed with StorAge Selection functions
Water Resour. Res. 58 (3), e2021WR030797
full text (doi) - Nguyen, V.T., Sarrazin, F.J., Ebeling, P., Musolff, A., Fleckenstein, J.H., Kumar, R. (2022):
Toward understanding of long-term nitrogen transport and retention dynamics across German catchments
Geophys. Res. Lett. 49 (24), e2022GL100278
full text (doi) - Olaka, L.A., Kasemann, S.A., Sültenfuß, J., Wilke, F.D.H., Olago, D.O., Mulch, A., Musolff, A. (2022):
Tectonic control of groundwater recharge and flow in faulted volcanic aquifers
Water Resour. Res. 58 (7), e2022WR032016
full text (doi) - Saavedra, F.A., Musolff, A., von Freyberg, J., Merz, R., Basso, S., Tarasova, L. (2022):
Disentangling scatter in long-term concentration–discharge relationships: the role of event types
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 26 (23), 6227 - 6245
full text (doi) - Sarrazin, F.J., Kumar, R., Basu, N.B., Musolff, A., Weber, M., Van Meter, K.J., Attinger, S. (2022):
Characterizing catchment-scale nitrogen legacies and constraining their uncertainties
Water Resour. Res. 58 (4), e2021WR031587
full text (doi) - Tittel, J., Büttner, O., Friese, K., Lechtenfeld, O.J., Schuth, S., von Tümpling, W., Musolff, A. (2022):
Iron exports from catchments are constrained by redox status and topography
Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 36 (1), e2021GB007056
full text (doi) - Tittel, J., Musolff, A., Rinke, K., Büttner, O. (2022):
Anthropogenic transformation disconnects a lowland river from contemporary carbon stores in its catchment
Ecosystems 25 (3), 618 - 632
full text (doi) - Winter, C., Tarasova, L., Lutz, S.R., Musolff, A., Kumar, R., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2022):
Explaining the variability in high-frequency nitrate export patterns using long-term hydrological event classification
Water Resour. Res. 58 (1), e2021WR030938
full text (doi) - Yang, J., Wang, Q., Heidbüchel, I., Lu, C., Xie, Y., Musolff, A., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2022):
Effect of topographic slope on the export of nitrate in humid catchments: a 3D model study
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 26 (19), 5051 - 5068
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2021 (10)
- Dehaspe, J., Sarrazin, F., Kumar, R., Fleckenstein, J.H., Musolff, A. (2021):
Bending of the concentration discharge relationship can inform about in-stream nitrate removal
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 25 (12), 6437 - 6463
full text (doi) - Ebeling, P., Dupas, R., Abbott, B., Kumar, R., Ehrhardt, S., Fleckenstein, J.H., Musolff, A. (2021):
Long-term nitrate trajectories vary by season in Western European catchments
Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 35 (9), e2021GB007050
full text (doi) - Ebeling, P., Kumar, R., Weber, M., Knoll, L., Fleckenstein, J.H., Musolff, A. (2021):
Archetypes and controls of riverine nutrient export across German catchments
Water Resour. Res. 57 (4), e2020WR028134
full text (doi) - Ehrhardt, S., Ebeling, P., Dupas, R., Kumar, R., Fleckenstein, J.H., Musolff, A. (2021):
Nitrate transport and retention in Western European catchments are shaped by hydroclimate and subsurface properties
Water Resour. Res. 57 (10), e2020WR029469
full text (doi) - Musolff, A., Zhan, Q., Dupas, R., Minaudo, C., Fleckenstein, J.H., Rode, M., Dehaspe, J., Rinke, K. (2021):
Spatial and temporal variability in concentration-discharge relationships at the event scale
Water Resour. Res. 57 (10), e2020WR029442
full text (doi) - Nguyen, V.T., Kumar, R., Lutz, S.R., Musolff, A., Yang, J., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2021):
Modeling nitrate export from a mesoscale catchment using StorAge selection functions
Water Resour. Res. 57 (2), e2020WR028490
full text (doi) - Weitere, M., Altenburger, R., Anlanger, C., Baborowski, M., Bärlund, I., Beckers, L.-M., Borchardt, D., Brack, W., Brase, L., Busch, W., Chatzinotas, A., Deutschmann, B., Eligehausen, J., Frank, K., Graeber, D., Griebler, C., Hagemann, J., Herzsprung, P., Hollert, H., Inostroza, P.A., Jäger, C.G., Kallies, R., Kamjunke, N., Karrasch, B., Kaschuba, S., Kaus, A., Klauer, B., Knöller, K., Koschorreck, M., Krauss, M., Kunz, J.V., Kurz, M.J., Liess, M., Mages, M., Müller, C., Muschket, M., Musolff, A., Norf, H., Pöhlein, F., Reiber, L., Risse-Buhl, U., Schramm, K.-W., Schmitt-Jansen, M., Schmitz, M., Strachauer, U., von Tümpling, W., Weber, N., Wild, R., Wolf, C., Brauns, M. (2021):
Disentangling multiple chemical and non-chemical stressors in a lotic ecosystem using a longitudinal approach
Sci. Total Environ. 769 , art. 144324
full text (doi) - Werner, B.J., Lechtenfeld, O.J., Musolff, A., de Rooij, G.H., Yang, J., Gründling, R., Werban, U., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2021):
Small-scale topography explains patterns and dynamics of dissolved organic carbon exports from the riparian zone of a temperate, forested catchment
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 25 (12), 6067 - 6086
full text (doi) - Winter, C., Lutz, S.R., Musolff, A., Kumar, R., Weber, M., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2021):
Disentangling the impact of catchment heterogeneity on nitrate export dynamics from event to long-term time scales
Water Resour. Res. 57 (1), e2020WR027992
full text (doi) - Yang, J., Heidbüchel, I., Musolff, A., Xie, Y., Lu, C., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2021):
Using nitrate as a tracer to constrain age selection preferences in catchments with strong seasonality
J. Hydrol. 603 , art. 126889
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2020 (5)
- Dupas, R., Ehrhardt, S., Musolff, A., Fovet, O., Durand, P. (2020):
Long-term nitrogen retention and transit time distribution in agricultural catchments in western France
Environ. Res. Lett. 15 (11), art. 115011
full text (doi) - Heidbüchel, I., Yang, J., Musolff, A., Troch, P., Ferré, T., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2020):
On the shape of forward transit time distributions in low-order catchments
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 24 (6), 2895 - 2920
full text (doi) - Kumar, R., Heße, F., Rao, P.S.C., Musolff, A., Jawitz, J.W., Sarrazin, F., Samaniego, L., Fleckenstein, J.H., Rakovec, O., Thober, S., Attinger, S. (2020):
Strong hydroclimatic controls on vulnerability to subsurface nitrate contamination across Europe
Nat. Commun. 11 , art. 6302
full text (doi) - Lutz, S.R., Trauth, N., Musolff, A., van Breukelen, B.M., Knöller, K., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2020):
How important is denitrification in riparian zones? Combining end-member mixing and isotope modeling to quantify nitrate removal from riparian groundwater
Water Resour. Res. 56 (1), e2019WR025528
full text (doi) - Westphal, K., Musolff, A., Graeber, D., Borchardt, D. (2020):
Controls of point and diffuse sources lowered riverine nutrient concentrations asynchronously, thereby warping molar N:P ratios
Environ. Res. Lett. 15 (10), art. 104009
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2019 (3)
- Ehrhardt, S., Kumar, R., Fleckenstein, J.H., Attinger, S., Musolff, A. (2019):
Trajectories of nitrate input and output in three nested catchments along a land use gradient
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 23 (9), 3503 - 3524
full text (doi) - Werner, B.J., Musolff, A., Lechtenfeld, O.J., de Rooij, G.H., Oosterwoud, M.R., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2019):
High-frequency measurements explain quantity and quality of dissolved organic carbon mobilization in a headwater catchment
Biogeosciences 16 , 4497 - 4516
full text (doi) - Westphal, K., Graeber, D., Musolff, A., Fang, Y., Jawitz, J.W., Borchardt, D. (2019):
Multi-decadal trajectories of phosphorus loading, export, and instream retention along a catchment gradient
Sci. Total Environ. 667 , 769 - 779
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2018 (6)
- Dupas, R., Tittel, J., Jordan, P., Musolff, A., Rode, M. (2018):
Non-domestic phosphorus release in rivers during low-flow: Mechanisms and implications for sources identification
J. Hydrol. 560 , 141 - 149
full text (doi) - Müller, C., Musolff, A., Strachauer, U., Brauns, M., Tarasova, L., Merz, R., Knöller, K. (2018):
Tomography of anthropogenic nitrate contribution along a mesoscale river
Sci. Total Environ. 615 , 773 - 783
full text (doi) - Musolff, A., Fleckenstein, J.H., Opitz, M., Büttner, O., Kumar, R., Tittel, J. (2018):
Spatio-temporal controls of dissolved organic carbon stream water concentrations
J. Hydrol. 566 , 205 - 215
full text (doi) - Schubert, M., Musolff, A., Weiss, H. (2018):
Influences of meteorological parameters on indoor radon concentrations (222Rn) excluding the effects of forced ventilation and radon exhalation from soil and building materials
J. Environ. Radioact. 192 , 81 - 85
full text (doi) - Trauth, N., Musolff, A., Knöller, K., Kaden, U.S., Keller, T., Werban, U., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2018):
River water infiltration enhances denitrification efficiency in riparian groundwater
Water Res. 130 , 185 - 199
full text (doi) - Yang, J., Heidbüchel, I., Musolff, A., Reinstorf, F., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2018):
Exploring the dynamics of transit times and subsurface mixing in a small agricultural catchment
Water Resour. Res. 54 (3), 2317 - 2335
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2017 (6)
- Dupas, R., Musolff, A., Jawitz, J.W., Rao, P.S.C., Jäger, C.G., Fleckenstein, J.H., Rode, M., Borchardt, D. (2017):
Carbon and nutrient export regimes from headwater catchments to downstream reaches
Biogeosciences 14 (18), 4391 - 4407
full text (doi) - Martini, E., Wollschläger, U., Musolff, A., Werban, U., Zacharias, S. (2017):
Principal component analysis of the spatiotemporal pattern of soil moisture and apparent electrical conductivity
Vadose Zone J. 16 (10), 10.2136/vzj2016.12.0129
full text (doi) - Musolff, A., Fleckenstein, J.H., Rao, P.S.C., Jawitz, J.W. (2017):
Emergent archetype patterns of coupled hydrologic and biogeochemical responses in catchments
Geophys. Res. Lett. 44 (9), 4143 - 4151
full text (doi) - Musolff, A., Selle, B., Büttner, O., Opitz, M., Knorr, K.-H., Fleckenstein, J.H., Reemtsma, T., Tittel, J. (2017):
Does iron reduction control the release of dissolved organic carbon and phosphate at catchment scales? Need for a joint research effort
Glob. Change Biol. 23 (9), e5 - e6
full text (doi) - Musolff, A., Selle, B., Büttner, O., Opitz, M., Tittel, J. (2017):
Unexpected release of phosphate and organic carbon to streams linked to declining nitrogen depositions
Glob. Change Biol. 23 (5), 1891 - 1901
full text (doi) - Wollschläger, U., Attinger, S., Borchardt, D., Brauns, M., Cuntz, M., Dietrich, P., Fleckenstein, J.H., Friese, K., Friesen, J., Harpke, A., Hildebrandt, A., Jäckel, G., Kamjunke, N., Knöller, K., Kögler, S., Kolditz, O., Krieg, R., Kumar, R., Lausch, A., Liess, M., Marx, A., Merz, R., Mueller, C., Musolff, A., Norf, H., Oswald, S.E., Rebmann, C., Reinstorf, F., Rode, M., Rink, K., Rinke, K., Samaniego, L., Vieweg, M., Vogel, H.-J., Weitere, M., Werban, U., Zink, M., Zacharias, S. (2017):
The Bode hydrological observatory: a platform for integrated, interdisciplinary hydro-ecological research within the TERENO Harz/Central German Lowland Observatory
Environ. Earth Sci. 76 (1), art. 29
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2016 (4)
- Dupas, R., Jomaa, S., Musolff, A., Borchardt, D., Rode, M. (2016):
Disentangling the influence of hydroclimatic patterns and agricultural management on river nitrate dynamics from sub-hourly to decadal time scales
Sci. Total Environ. 571 , 791 - 800
full text (doi) - Musolff, A., Schmidt, C., Rode, M., Lischeid, G., Weise, S.M., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2016):
Groundwater head controls nitrate export from an agricultural lowland catchment
Adv. Water Resour. 96 , 95 - 107
full text (doi) - Olaka, L.A., Wilke, F.D.H., Olago, D.O., Odada, E.O., Mulch, A., Musolff, A. (2016):
Groundwater fluoride enrichment in an active rift setting: Central Kenya Rift case study
Sci. Total Environ. 545–546 , 641 - 653
full text (doi) - Vieweg, M., Kurz, M.J., Trauth, N., Fleckenstein, J.H., Musolff, A., Schmidt, C. (2016):
Estimating time-variable aerobic respiration in the streambed by combining electrical conductivity and dissolved oxygen time series
J. Geophys. Res.-Biogeosci. 121 (8), 2199 - 2215
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2015 (2)
- Musolff, A., Schmidt, C., Selle, B., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2015):
Catchment controls on solute export
Adv. Water Resour. 86 (Part A), 133 - 146
full text (doi) - Tittel, J., Müller, C., Schultze, M., Musolff, A., Knöller, K. (2015):
Fluvial radiocarbon and its temporal variability during contrasting hydrological conditions
Biogeochemistry 126 (1), 57 - 69
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2014 (1)
- Schmidt, C., Büttner, O., Musolff, A., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2014):
A method for automated, daily, temperature-based vertical streambed water-fluxes
Fundam. Appl. Limnol. 184 (3), 173 - 181
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2013 (1)
- Schirmer, M., Leschik, S., Musolff, A. (2013):
Current research in urban hydrogeology – a review
Adv. Water Resour. 51 , 280 - 291
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2012 (2)
- Kalbacher, T., Delfs, J.-O., Shao, H., Wang, W., Walther, M., Samaniego, L., Schneider, C., Kumar, R., Musolff, A., Centler, F., Sun, F., Hildebrandt, A., Liedl, R., Borchardt, D., Krebs, P., Kolditz, O. (2012):
The IWAS-ToolBox: software coupling for an integrated water resources management
Environ. Earth Sci. 65 (5), 1367 - 1380
full text (doi) - Schmidt, C., Musolff, A., Trauth, N., Vieweg, M., Fleckenstein, J.H. (2012):
Transient analysis of fluctuations of electrical conductivity as tracer in the stream bed
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 16 (10), 3689 - 3697
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2011 (2)
- Leschik, S., Bayer-Raich, M., Musolff, A., Schirmer, M. (2011):
Towards optimal sampling schedules for integral pumping tests
J. Contam. Hydrol. 124 (1-4), 25 - 34
full text (doi) - Schirmer, M., Reinstorf, F., Leschik, S., Musolff, A., Krieg, R., Strauch, G., Molson, J.W., Martienssen, M., Schirmer, K. (2011):
Mass fluxes of xenobiotics below cities: challenges in urban hydrogeology
Environ. Earth Sci. 64 (3), 607 - 617
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2010 (2)
- Musolff, A., Leschik, S., Reinstorf, F., Strauch, G., Schirmer, M. (2010):
Micropollutant loads in the urban water cycle
Environ. Sci. Technol. 44 (13), 4877 - 4883
full text (doi) - Musolff, A., Leschik, S., Schafmeister, M.-T., Reinstorf, F., Strauch, G., Krieg, R., Schirmer, M. (2010):
Evaluation of xenobiotic impact on urban receiving waters by means of statistical methods
Water Sci. Technol. 62 (3), 684 - 692
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2009 (5)
- Leschik, S., Musolff, A., Krieg, R., Martinssen, M., Bayer-Raich, M., Reinstorf, F., Strauch, G., Schirmer, M. (2009):
Application of integral pumping tests to investigate the influence of a losing stream on groundwater quality
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 13 (10), 1765 - 1774
full text (doi) - Leschik, S., Musolff, A., Martienssen, M., Krieg, R., Bayer-Raich, M., Reinstorf, F., Strauch, G., Schirmer, M. (2009):
Investigation of sewer exfiltration using integral pumping tests and wastewater indicators
J. Contam. Hydrol. 110 (3-4), 118 - 129
full text (doi) - Musolff, A. (2009):
Micropollutants: challenges in hydrogeology
Hydrogeol. J. 17 (4), 763 - 766
full text (doi) - Musolff, A., Leschik, S., Möder, M., Strauch, G., Reinstorf, F., Schirmer, M. (2009):
Temporal and spatial patterns of micropollutants in urban receiving waters
Environ. Pollut. 157 (11), 3069 - 3077
full text (doi) - Reinstorf, F., Leschik, S., Musolff, A., Osenbrück, K., Strauch, G., Möder, M., Schirmer, M. (2009):
Quantification of large-scale urban mass fluxes of xenobiotics and of the river-groundwater interaction in the city of Halle, Germany
Phys. Chem. Earth 34 (8-9), 574 - 579
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2007 (1)
- Musolff, A., Leschik, S., Reinstorf, F., Strauch, G., Möder, M., Schirmer, M. (2007):
Xenobiotika im Grundwasser und Oberflächenwasser der Stadt Leipzig. Xenobiotics in groundwater and surface water of the city of Leipzig
Grundwasser 12 (3), 217 - 231
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