Contribution of understory evaporation in a tropical wet forest during the dry season

Jiménez-Rodríguez, César Dionisio; Coenders-Gerrits, Miriam; Wenninger, Jochen; Gonzalez-Angarita, Adriana; Savenije, Hubert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-2179-2020

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30 Apr 2020

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| 30 Apr 2020

Contribution of understory evaporation in a tropical wet forest during the dry season

César Dionisio Jiménez-Rodríguez, Miriam Coenders-Gerrits, Jochen Wenninger, Adriana Gonzalez-Angarita, and Hubert Savenije

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RC1: 'Good contribution to tropical ecohydrology studies', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1', César Jiménez-Rodríguez, 31 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Interesting assessment of overstory and understory contribution to evaporation in tropical wet forest during the dry season', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Jan 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee #2', César Jiménez-Rodríguez, 31 Jan 2020

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (13 Feb 2020) by Pilar Llorens

AR by Lorena Grabowski on behalf of the Authors (18 Feb 2020) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Feb 2020) by Pilar Llorens

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (03 Mar 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Mar 2020)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (23 Mar 2020) by Pilar Llorens

AR by César Dionisio Jiménez-Rodríguez on behalf of the Authors (24 Mar 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Tropical forest ecosystems are able to export a lot of water to the atmosphere by means of evaporation. However, little is known on how their complex structure affects this water flux. This paper analyzes the contribution of three canopy layers in terms of water fluxes and stable water isotope signatures. During the dry season in 2018 the two lower canopy layers provide 20 % of measured evaporation, highlighting the importance of knowing how forest structure can affect the hydrological cycle.