Using measured soil water contents to estimate evapotranspiration and root water uptake profiles – a comparative study

Guderle, M.; Hildebrandt, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-409-2015

Articles | Volume 19, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-409-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-409-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 1

Research article

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21 Jan 2015

Research article |

| 21 Jan 2015

Using measured soil water contents to estimate evapotranspiration and root water uptake profiles – a comparative study

M. Guderle and A. Hildebrandt

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RC C5004: 'Comment on “Using measured soil water contents to estimate evapotranspiration and root water uptake profiles – a comparative study” by M. Guderle and A. Hildebrandt', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Nov 2014
- AC C5145: 'Response to the comment RC C5004', Marcus Guderle, 18 Nov 2014
RC C5106: 'Referee report', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Nov 2014
- AC C5372: 'Authors response to the referee report C5106', Marcus Guderle, 29 Nov 2014
  - AC C5373: 'Supplementary figures to authors response to the referee report C5106', Marcus Guderle, 29 Nov 2014

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (02 Dec 2014) by Nadia Ursino

AR by Marcus Guderle on behalf of the Authors (11 Dec 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (12 Dec 2014) by Nadia Ursino

Short summary

This paper is the result of a numerical study to test the application of water balance methods for estimating evapotranspiration and water extraction profiles based on measured soil water content data. The advantage of the tested methods is that they do not rely on a priori information of any root distribution parameters. Our research shows the potential of water balance methods for derivation of water extraction profiles, but their application may be challenging in realistic conditions.