Using water stable isotopes to understand evaporation, moisture stress, and re-wetting in catchment forest and grassland soils of the summer drought of 2018

Kleine, Lukas; Tetzlaff, Doerthe; Smith, Aaron; Wang, Hailong; Soulsby, Chris

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3737-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3737-2020

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Water, isotope and solute fluxes in the soil–plant–atmosphere...

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3737-2020

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23 Jul 2020

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| 23 Jul 2020

Using water stable isotopes to understand evaporation, moisture stress, and re-wetting in catchment forest and grassland soils of the summer drought of 2018

Lukas Kleine, Doerthe Tetzlaff, Aaron Smith, Hailong Wang, and Chris Soulsby

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RC1: 'Review on manuscript hess-2020-81', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Comment on 'Using isotopes to understand evaporation, moisture stress and re-wetting in catchment forest and grassland soils of the summer drought of 2018' Kleine et al.', Lukas Kleine, 22 May 2020
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Apr 2020
- AC2: 'Comment on 'Using isotopes to understand evaporation, moisture stress and re-wetting in catchment forest and grassland soils of the summer drought of 2018' Kleine et al.', Lukas Kleine, 22 May 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (28 May 2020) by Miriam Coenders-Gerrits

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AR by Lukas Kleine on behalf of the Authors (29 Jun 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

We investigated the effects of the 2018 drought on water partitioning in a lowland catchment under grassland and forest in north-eastern Germany. Conditions resulted in drying up of streams, yield losses, and lower groundwater levels. Oak trees continued to transpire during the drought. We used stable isotopes to assess the fluxes and ages of water. Sustainable use of resource water requires such understanding of ecohydrological water partitioning.