Stem–root flow effect on soil–atmosphere interactions and uncertainty  assessments

Kuo, Tzu-Hsien; Chen, Jen-Ping; Xue, Yongkang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1509-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1509-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1509-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 4

Research article

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20 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 20 Apr 2016

Stem–root flow effect on soil–atmosphere interactions and uncertainty assessments

Tzu-Hsien Kuo, Jen-Ping Chen, and Yongkang Xue

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Final revised paper (published on 20 Apr 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 11 Nov 2015)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C5658: 'Review of “Stem-root flow effect on soil-atmosphere interactions and uncertainty assessments”', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Dec 2015
- AC C6367: 'Reply to Reviewer #1', Jen-Ping Chen, 27 Jan 2016
RC C5710: 'review comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Dec 2015
- AC C6372: 'Reply to Reviewer #2', Jen-Ping Chen, 27 Jan 2016
RC C5719: 'RC', Anonymous Referee #3, 20 Dec 2015
- AC C6376: 'Reply to Reviewer #3', Jen-Ping Chen, 27 Jan 2016

Peer-review completion

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (02 Feb 2016) by Pierre Gentine

AR by Jen-Ping Chen on behalf of the Authors (03 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (26 Feb 2016) by Pierre Gentine

AR by Jen-Ping Chen on behalf of the Authors (26 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Mar 2016) by Pierre Gentine

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Mar 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (25 Mar 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (05 Apr 2016) by Pierre Gentine

AR by Jen-Ping Chen on behalf of the Authors (06 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The stem-root flow mechanism was parameterized and incorporated into the Simplified Simple Biosphere model to analyze its impact on soil moisture and land-atmospheric interactions. By testing against the Lien Hua Chih (Taiwan) and HAPEX-Mobilhy (France) measurements, the model shows that stem-root flow reduced the top-soil moisture content and moistened the deeper soil layers. Such soil moisture redistribution results in significant changes in heat flux exchange between land and atmosphere.