Seasonal partitioning of precipitation between streamflow and evapotranspiration, inferred from end-member splitting analysis

Kirchner, James W.; Allen, Scott T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-17-2020

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06 Jan 2020

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Seasonal partitioning of precipitation between streamflow and evapotranspiration, inferred from end-member splitting analysis

James W. Kirchner and Scott T. Allen

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RC1: 'Referee comment', Pertti Ala-aho, 20 Sep 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Dr. Ala-aho's referee comments', James Kirchner, 23 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Review#2 of “Seasonal partitioning of precipitation between streamflow and evapotranspiration, inferred from end-member splitting analysis”', Sylvain Kuppel, 24 Sep 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Dr. Kuppel's referee comments', James Kirchner, 25 Sep 2019

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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) (14 Oct 2019) by Lixin Wang

AR by James Kirchner on behalf of the Authors (24 Oct 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 Oct 2019) by Lixin Wang

RR by Pertti Ala-aho (13 Nov 2019)

ED: Publish as is (13 Nov 2019) by Lixin Wang

AR by James Kirchner on behalf of the Authors (14 Nov 2019)

Short summary

Perhaps the oldest question in hydrology is Where does water go when it rains?. Here we present a new way to measure how the terrestrial water cycle partitions precipitation into its two ultimate fates: green water that is evaporated or transpired back to the atmosphere and blue water that is discharged to stream channels. Our analysis may help in gauging the vulnerability of both water resources and terrestrial ecosystems to changes in rainfall patterns.