Soil water stable isotopes reveal evaporation dynamics at the soil–plant–atmosphere interface of the critical zone

Sprenger, Matthias; Tetzlaff, Doerthe; Soulsby, Chris

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3839-2017

Articles | Volume 21, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3839-2017

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-3839-2017

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

Articles | Volume 21, issue 7

Research article

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27 Jul 2017

Research article |

| 27 Jul 2017

Soil water stable isotopes reveal evaporation dynamics at the soil–plant–atmosphere interface of the critical zone

Matthias Sprenger, Doerthe Tetzlaff, and Chris Soulsby

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RC1: 'Review of “Stable isotopes reveal evaporation dynamics at the soil-plan-atmosphere of the critical zone” by Sprenger and colleagues.', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Mar 2017
- AC1: 'Response to comments by Referee #1', Matthias Sprenger, 22 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Review of “Stable isotopes reveal evaporation dynamics at the soil-plant atmosphere interface of the critical zone” by Sprenger et al., 2017', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Mar 2017
- AC2: 'Response to comments by Referee #2', Matthias Sprenger, 22 Apr 2017

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (30 Apr 2017) by Hilary McMillan

AR by Matthias Sprenger on behalf of the Authors (04 May 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 May 2017) by Hilary McMillan

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (02 Jun 2017)

ED: Publish as is (27 Jun 2017) by Hilary McMillan

AR by Matthias Sprenger on behalf of the Authors (28 Jun 2017)

Short summary

We sampled the isotopic composition in the top 20 cm at four different sites in the Scottish Highlands at 5 cm intervals over 1 year. The relationship between the soil water isotopic fractionation and evapotranspiration showed a hysteresis pattern due to a lag response to onset and offset of the evaporative losses. The isotope data revealed that vegetation had a significant influence on the soil evaporation with evaporation being double from soils beneath Scots pine compared to heather.