Research Interests

soil hydrology and soil physics
water and solute transport
hydrological modelling

Teaching

Exercise in course: 'Water and Energy Cycles in Hydrological Systems: Processes, Predictions and Management'
Exercise in course: 'Transport and Transformation of Contaminants in Hydrological Systems'

Publications

2023

A Lagrangian model framework for the simulation of fluid flow and solute transport in soils. PhD dissertation
Sternagel, A.
2023, April 20. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000157904

2022

Stepping beyond perfectly mixed conditions in soil hydrological modelling using a Lagrangian approach
Sternagel, A.; Loritz, R.; Berkowitz, B.; Zehe, E.
2022. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26 (6), 1615–1629. doi:10.5194/hess-26-1615-2022

2021

Simulation of reactive solute transport in the critical zone: A Lagrangian model for transient flow and preferential transport
Sternagel, A.; Loritz, R.; Klaus, J.; Berkowitz, B.; Zehe, E.
2021. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25 (3), 1483–1508. doi:10.5194/hess-25-1483-2021

2019

Simulating preferential soil water flow and tracer transport using the Lagrangian Soil Water and Solute Transport Model
Sternagel, A.; Loritz, R.; Wilcke, W.; Zehe, E.
2019. Hydrology and earth system sciences, 23 (10), 4249–4267. doi:10.5194/hess-23-4249-2019