Root Water Uptake and Soil Moisture Pattern Dynamics – Capturing Connections, Controls and Causalities

Theresa Blume1, Ingo Heidbuechel2, Sibylle K Hassler2, Sonia Simard2, Andreas Guntner1, Ryan D. Stewart3 and Markus Weiler4, (1)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Hydrology, Potsdam, Germany, (2)GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (3)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (4)Chair of Hydrology, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany