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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4237-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4237-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
19 Oct 2016
Research article |
| 19 Oct 2016
Canopy-scale biophysical controls of transpiration and evaporation in the Amazon Basin
Kaniska Mallick
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Research and Innovation, Luxembourg
Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), L4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg
Department of Environmental Research and Innovation, Luxembourg
Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), L4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg
Eva Boegh
Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University,
Roskilde, Denmark
Laura Giustarini
Department of Environmental Research and Innovation, Luxembourg
Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), L4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg
Martin Schlerf
Department of Environmental Research and Innovation, Luxembourg
Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), L4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg
Darren T. Drewry
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute
of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, 91109, USA
Joint Institute
for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California,
Los Angeles, California, USA
Lucien Hoffmann
Department of Environmental Research and Innovation, Luxembourg
Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), L4422, Belvaux, Luxembourg
Celso von Randow
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Centro de
Ciência do Sistema Terrestre, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
Bart Kruijt
Wageningen Environmental Research (ALTERRA), Wageningen, the
Netherlands
Alessandro Araùjo
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
(EMBRAPA), Belém, PA, Brazil
Scott Saleska
Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
James R. Ehleringer
Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Tomas F. Domingues
Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto,
Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Jean Pierre H. B. Ometto
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Centro de
Ciência do Sistema Terrestre, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
Antonio D. Nobre
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Centro de
Ciência do Sistema Terrestre, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
Osvaldo Luiz Leal de Moraes
Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais,
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Matthew Hayek
Department of Earth and Planetary
Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
J. William Munger
Department of Earth and Planetary
Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Steven C. Wofsy
Department of Earth and Planetary
Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Data sets
LBA-ECO CD-32 Flux Tower Network Data Compilation, Brazilian Amazon: 1999-2006 S. R. Saleska, H. R. da Rocha, A. R. Huete, A. D. Nobre, P. Artaxo, and Y. E. Shimabukuro ftp://daac.ornl.gov/data/lba/carbon_dynamics/CD32_Brazil_Flux_Network/
Short summary
While quantifying vegetation water use over multiple plant function types in the Amazon Basin, we found substantial biophysical control during drought as well as a water-stress period and dominant climatic control during a water surplus period. This work has direct implication in understanding the resilience of the Amazon forest in the spectre of frequent drought menace as well as the role of drought-induced plant biophysical functioning in modulating the water-carbon coupling in this ecosystem.
While quantifying vegetation water use over multiple plant function types in the Amazon Basin,...
