Ecohydrological optimality in the Northeast China Transect

Cong, Zhentao; Li, Qinshu; Mo, Kangle; Zhang, Lexin; Shen, Hong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2449-2017

Articles | Volume 21, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2449-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2449-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 5

Research article

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10 May 2017

Research article |

| 10 May 2017

Ecohydrological optimality in the Northeast China Transect

Zhentao Cong, Qinshu Li, Kangle Mo, Lexin Zhang, and Hong Shen

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Final revised paper (published on 10 May 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 27 Jan 2017)

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RC1: 'Review Ecohydrological Optimality in NECT', Miriam Coenders-Gerrits, 17 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Mar 2017
- AC2: 'RESPONSES to Reviewer 2: Anonymous Referee', Zhentao Cong, 03 Apr 2017
AC1: 'RESPONSES to Reviewer 1: M. Coenders-Gerrits', Zhentao Cong, 03 Apr 2017

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

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (04 Apr 2017) by Lixin Wang

AR by Zhentao Cong on behalf of the Authors (04 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Apr 2017) by Lixin Wang

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (06 Apr 2017)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (07 Apr 2017) by Lixin Wang

AR by Zhentao Cong on behalf of the Authors (09 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (10 Apr 2017) by Lixin Wang

AR by Zhentao Cong on behalf of the Authors (12 Apr 2017)

Short summary

It is interesting to understand vegetation distribution and dynamics under water limitation in this transect. We apply Eagleson's ecohydrological optimality method in the NECT based on data from 2000 to 2013 to get M^*, then compare with M from NDVI, furthermore to discuss the sensitivity of M^* to vegetation properties and climate factors. The result indicates that the average M^* fits the actual M well. The sensitivity analyses show how M^* changes with vegetation characteristics and climates.