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Research article
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18 Dec 2015
Research article |
| 18 Dec 2015
Subsurface storage capacity influences climate–evapotranspiration interactions in three western United States catchments
E. S. Garcia
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
C. L. Tague
Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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Short summary
In forests of the western United States, annual evapotranspiration (ET) varies with precipitation and temperature; geologically mediated drainage and storage properties may influence the relationship between climate and ET. A process-based model is used to evaluate how water storage capacity influences model estimates of ET-climate relationships for three snow-dominated basins. Results show that uncertainty in subsurface properties can strongly influence model estimates of watershed-scale ET.
In forests of the western United States, annual evapotranspiration (ET) varies with...
