Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-581-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-581-2020
Research article
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07 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 07 Feb 2020

Model representation of the coupling between evapotranspiration and soil water content at different depths

Jianxiu Qiu, Wade T. Crow, Jianzhi Dong, and Grey S. Nearing

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (25 Nov 2019) by Dominic Mazvimavi
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Jan 2020) by Dominic Mazvimavi
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Short summary
Accurately estimating coupling of evapotranspiration (ET) and soil water content (θ) at different depths is key to investigating land–atmosphere interaction. Here we examine whether the model can accurately represent surface θ (θs) versus ET coupling and vertically integrated θ (θv) versus ET coupling. We find that all models agree with observations that θs contains slightly more information with fPET than θv. In addition, an ET scheme is crucial for accurately estimating coupling of θ and ET.