The data presented in this paper were gathered in the study area
Holzbach between 2009 and 2011.Table 1gives an overview of the
field sampling dates and the number of samples. In the 2009field cam-paign, rainfall simulation experiments and WDPT measurements were
carried out. In summer 2010, samples of the humus and top soil hori-zons were collected at 19 sites spread all over the study area. The sam-ple sites were representative for the land-use pattern in the study area
(spruce forest and beech forest). These two forest types are compared
concerning the persistence of water repellency (WDPT-tests) and over-landflow generation (rainfall experiments).
Athirdfield campaign was conducted in summer 2011 with further
WDPT measurements and rainfall experimentswith the focus on the in-vestigation of the differences between forest types and on the temporal
changes in water repellency in the summer months