Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-473-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-473-2017
Research article
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26 Jan 2017
Research article |  | 26 Jan 2017

Benchmarking test of empirical root water uptake models

Marcos Alex dos Santos, Quirijn de Jong van Lier, Jos C. van Dam, and Andre Herman Freire Bezerra

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Some empirical root water uptake (RWU) models were assessed under varying environmental conditions predicted from numerical simulations with a detailed physical model. The widely used empirical RWU model by Feddes only performs well in scenarios of low RWU compensation. The RWU model by Jarvis cannot mimic the RWU patterns predicted by the physical model for high root length density scenarios. The two proposed models are more capable of predicting similar RWU patterns.