Building a field- and model-based climatology of local water and energy cycles in the cultivated Sahel &ndash; annual budgets and seasonality

Velluet, C.; Demarty, J.; Cappelaere, B.; Braud, I.; Issoufou, H. B.-A.; Boulain, N.; Ramier, D.; Mainassara, I.; Charvet, G.; Boucher, M.; Chazarin, J.-P.; Oï, M.; Yahou, H.; Maidaji, B.; Arpin-Pont, F.; Benarrosh, N.; Mahamane, A.; Nazoumou, Y.; Favreau, G.; Seghieri, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5001-2014

Articles | Volume 18, issue 12

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 5001–5024, 2014

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5001-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 5001–5024, 2014

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5001-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 12

Research article 10 Dec 2014

Research article | 10 Dec 2014

Building a field- and model-based climatology of local water and energy cycles in the cultivated Sahel – annual budgets and seasonality

C. Velluet et al.

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RC C1780: 'Review of ‘Building a field- and model-based climatology of local water and energy cycles in the cultivated Sahel- Annual budgets and seasonality’ by Velluet et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Jun 2014
- AC C2352: 'Response to main comments of Reviewer 1', Bernard Cappelaere, 11 Jul 2014
RC C3180: 'Review of Building a field- and model-based climatology of surface energy and water cycles for dominant land cover types in the cultivated Sahel – Annual budgets and seasonality, by C. Velluet et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Aug 2014

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (21 Aug 2014) by Nadia Ursino

AR by Bernard Cappelaere on behalf of the Authors (10 Oct 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (13 Oct 2014) by Nadia Ursino

Short summary

Long-term average water and energy cycles are described for two main land cover types in the cultivated Sahel (millet crop and fallow bush). Mean seasonal cycles and annual budgets for all component variables were estimated from detailed field and model analysis. Evapotranspiration totals over 80% of rainfall for both covers, but with different time distribution and soil/plant contributions. The remainder is shared between runoff and deep drainage for the crop, but is only runoff for the fallow.