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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2063-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2063-2016
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

Maik Renner, Sibylle K. Hassler, Theresa Blume, Markus Weiler, Anke Hildebrandt, Marcus Guderle, Stanislaus J. Schymanski, and Axel Kleidon

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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.