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Jan H. Fleckenstein

Jan H. Fleckenstein

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Earth Science

D-Index
49
Citations
7345
World Ranking
3679
National Ranking
254

Overview

Jan H. Fleckenstein is affiliated with the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Their research spans the field of Environmental Science, focusing extensively on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, Environmental Engineering, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their work addresses several main topics, including Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, and Marine and Coastal Ecosystems.

Fleckenstein has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include Water Resources Research, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), HydroShare Resources, and Hydrological Processes.

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Fleckenstein include:

  • Archetypes and Controls of Riverine Nutrient Export Across German Catchments (2021) in Water Resources Research
  • Strong hydroclimatic controls on vulnerability to subsurface nitrate contamination across Europe (2020) in Nature Communications
  • Spatial and Temporal Variability in Concentration-Discharge Relationships at the Event Scale (2021) in Water Resources Research
  • Disentangling the Impact of Catchment Heterogeneity on Nitrate Export Dynamics From Event to Long-Term Time Scales (2020) in Water Resources Research
  • Measurement of microplastic settling velocities and implications for residence times in thermally stratified lakes (2022) in Limnology and Oceanography

Frequent collaborators include Andréas Musolff, Rohini Kumar, Benjamin Gilfedder, Stefanie Lutz, and Christian Schmidt.

Best Publications

  • Groundwater-surface water interactions: New methods and models to improve understanding of processes and dynamics

    Jan H. Fleckenstein;Stefan Krause;David M. Hannah;Fulvio Boano

  • Inter-disciplinary perspectives on processes in the hyporheic zone

    Stefan Krause;David M. Hannah;Jan Fleckenstein;C. H. Heppell

  • River-aquifer interactions, geologic heterogeneity, and low-flow management.

    Jan H. Fleckenstein;Richard G. Niswonger;Richard G. Niswonger;Graham E. Fogg

  • Catchment controls on solute export

    Andreas Musolff;Christian Schmidt;Benny Selle;Jan H. Fleckenstein

  • Ecohydrological interfaces as hot spots of ecosystem processes

    Stefan Krause;Jörg Lewandowski;Nancy B. Grimm;David M. Hannah

  • Effects of micro-topography on surface–subsurface exchange and runoff generation in a virtual riparian wetland — A modeling study

    S. Frei;G. Lischeid;J.H. Fleckenstein

  • Transient or steady-state? Using vertical temperature profiles to quantify groundwater-surface water exchange

    Christian Anibas;Jan H. Fleckenstein;Nina Volze;Kerst Buis

  • Patterns and dynamics of river–aquifer exchange with variably-saturated flow using a fully-coupled model

    Sven Frei;Jan Fleckenstein;Stefan Kollet;Reed M. Maxwell

  • Concentrations and fluxes of dissolved organic carbon in runoff from a forested catchment: insights from high frequency measurements

    Stefan Strohmeier;Klaus-Holger Knorr;Martin Reichert;Sven Frei

  • Upscaling Nitrogen Removal Capacity from Local Hotspots to Low Stream Orders' Drainage Basins

    Gilles Pinay;Stefan Peiffer;Jean-Raynald De Dreuzy;Stefan Krause

  • Coupled 3-D stream flow and hyporheic flow model under varying stream and ambient groundwater flow conditions in a pool-riffle system

    Nico Trauth;Christian Schmidt;Uli Maier;Michael Vieweg

  • Surface micro-topography causes hot spots of biogeochemical activity in wetland systems: A virtual modeling experiment

    Sven Frei;Klaus-Holger Knorr;Stefan Peiffer;Jan Fleckenstein

  • Emergent archetype patterns of coupled hydrologic and biogeochemical responses in catchments

    A. Musolff;J. H. Fleckenstein;P. S. C. Rao;J. W. Jawitz

  • Differential storm responses of dissolved and particulate organic carbon in a mountainous headwater stream, investigated by high‐frequency, in situ optical measurements

    Jong-Jin Jeong;Svenja Bartsch;Jan H. Fleckenstein;Egbert Matzner

  • The Bode hydrological observatory: a platform for integrated, interdisciplinary hydro-ecological research within the TERENO Harz/Central German Lowland Observatory

    Ute Wollschläger;Sabine Attinger;Dietrich Borchardt;Mario Brauns

  • Hyporheic transport and biogeochemical reactions in pool‐riffle systems under varying ambient groundwater flow conditions

    Nico Trauth;Christian Schmidt;Michael Vieweg;Uli Maier

  • Hydraulic controls of in-stream gravel bar hyporheic exchange and reactions

    Nico Trauth;Christian Schmidt;Michael Vieweg;Sascha E. Oswald

  • Simulating the effects of geologic heterogeneity and transient boundary conditions on streambed temperatures — Implications for temperature-based water flux calculations

    Christina Schornberg;Christian Schmidt;Edda Kalbus;Jan H. Fleckenstein

  • Exploring the Dynamics of Transit Times and Subsurface Mixing in a Small Agricultural Catchment

    Jie Yang;Ingo Heidbüchel;Andreas Musolff;Frido Reinstorf

  • Stratification of reactivity determines nitrate removal in groundwater.

    Tamara Kolbe;Jean-Raynald de Dreuzy;Benjamin W. Abbott;Luc Aquilina

  • Managing Surface Water-Groundwater to Restore Fall Flows in the Cosumnes River

    Jan Fleckenstein;Michael Anderson;Graham E. Fogg;Jeffrey Mount

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Schmidt
Christian Schmidt Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Rohini Kumar
Rohini Kumar Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Stefan Peiffer
Stefan Peiffer University of Bayreuth
Stefan Krause
Stefan Krause University of Birmingham
David M. Hannah
David M. Hannah University of Birmingham
Adam S. Ward
Adam S. Ward Oregon State University
Michael Rode
Michael Rode Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Sabine Attinger
Sabine Attinger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Thibault Datry
Thibault Datry Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Olaf Kolditz
Olaf Kolditz TU Dresden

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