Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-533-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-533-2017
Research article
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27 Jan 2017
Research article |  | 27 Jan 2017

Response of water vapour D-excess to land–atmosphere interactions in a semi-arid environment

Stephen D. Parkes, Matthew F. McCabe, Alan D. Griffiths, Lixin Wang, Scott Chambers, Ali Ershadi, Alastair G. Williams, Josiah Strauss, and Adrian Element

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (12 Sep 2016) by Christine Stumpp
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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (07 Oct 2016) by Christine Stumpp
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Oct 2016)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (24 Nov 2016)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (05 Dec 2016) by Christine Stumpp
AR by Stephen Parkes on behalf of the Authors (15 Dec 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (18 Dec 2016) by Christine Stumpp
AR by Stephen Parkes on behalf of the Authors (28 Dec 2016)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Determining atmospheric moisture sources is required for understanding the water cycle. The role of land surface fluxes is a particular source of uncertainty for moisture budgets. Water vapour isotopes have the potential to improve constraints on moisture sources. In this work relationships between water vapour isotopes and land–atmosphere exchange are studied. Results show that land surface evaporative fluxes play a minor role in the daytime water and isotope budgets in semi-arid environments.