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Research article
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25 May 2016
Research article |
| 25 May 2016
Dominant controls of transpiration along a hillslope transect inferred from ecohydrological measurements and thermodynamic limits
Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany
Sibylle K. Hassler
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section Hydrology, Potsdam, Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Water and River Basin Management, Karlsruhe, Germany
Theresa Blume
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section Hydrology, Potsdam, Germany
Markus Weiler
Universität Freiburg, Hydrologie, Freiburg, Germany
Anke Hildebrandt
Universität Jena, Ecological Modelling Group, Jena, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany
Marcus Guderle
Universität Jena, Ecological Modelling Group, Jena, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany
Technische Universität München, Chair for Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Ecology and Ecosystemmanagement, Munich, Germany
Stanislaus J. Schymanski
ETH Zürich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Zurich, Switzerland
Axel Kleidon
Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany
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Short summary
We estimated forest transpiration (European beech) along a steep valley cross section. Atmospheric demand, obtained by the thermodynamic limit of maximum power, is the dominant control of transpiration at all sites.
To our surprise we find that transpiration is rather similar across sites with different aspect (north vs. south) and different stand structure due to systematically varying sap velocities. Such a compensation effect is highly relevant for modeling and upscaling of transpiration.
We estimated forest transpiration (European beech) along a steep valley cross section....
