Dynamic changes in terrestrial net primary production and their effects on evapotranspiration

Li, Zhi; Chen, Yaning; Wang, Yang; Fang, Gonghuan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2169-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2169-2016

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Modeling hydrological processes and changes

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2169-2016

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

Articles | Volume 20, issue 6

Research article

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06 Jun 2016

Research article |

| 06 Jun 2016

Dynamic changes in terrestrial net primary production and their effects on evapotranspiration

Zhi Li, Yaning Chen, Yang Wang, and Gonghuan Fang

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

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RC1: 'The presentation needs to be improved', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Apr 2016
- AC1: 'Responses to hess-2016-87-RC1(Supplement) _Dynamic changes in terrestrial net primary production and their effects on evapotranspiration', Zhi Li, 01 May 2016
RC2: 'Review Report: Dynamic changes of terrestrial net primary production and its feedback to evapotranspiration', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Apr 2016
AC2: 'Responses to hess-2016-87-RC2(Supplement) _Dynamic changes in terrestrial net primary production and their effects on evapotranspiration', Zhi Li, 01 May 2016
AC3: 'Responses to hess-2016-87-RC2(Supplement) _Dynamic changes in terrestrial net primary production and their effects on evapotranspiration', Zhi Li, 01 May 2016
RC3: 'presentation still needs to improve', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 May 2016
- AC4: 'Responses to hess-2016-87-RC3(Supplement) _Dynamic changes in terrestrial net primary production and their effects on evapotranspiration', Zhi Li, 13 May 2016

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

ED: Publish as is (22 May 2016) by Qiuwen Chen

AR by Zhi Li on behalf of the Authors (24 May 2016)

Short summary

Global net primary production (NPP) slightly increased in 2000–2014. More than 64 % of vegetated land in the Northern Hemisphere (NH) showed increased NPP, while 60.3 % in Southern Hemisphere (SH) showed a decreasing trend. Vegetation greening and climate change promote rises of global evapotranspiration (ET). The increased rate of ET in the NH is faster than that in the SH. Meanwhile, global warming and vegetation greening accelerate evaporation in soil moisture. Continuation of these trends will likely exacerbate the risk of ecological drought.