The development and persistence of soil moisture stress during drought across southwestern Germany

Tijdeman, Erik; Menzel, Lucas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2009-2021

Articles | Volume 25, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2009-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2009-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 25, issue 4

Research article

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15 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 15 Apr 2021

The development and persistence of soil moisture stress during drought across southwestern Germany

Erik Tijdeman and Lucas Menzel

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2009-2021-supplement

Data sets

Daily gridded soil moisture simulations on a 1 km resolution grid covering Baden-Württemberg Erik Tijdeman and Lucas Menzel https://doi.org/10.11588/data/PRXZAS

Short summary

Low amounts of soil moisture (SM) in the root zone negatively affect crop health. We characterized the development and duration of SM stress across the croplands of southwestern Germany. Development time mainly varied within drought years and was related to the available water-holding capacity of the root zone. Duration varied both within and between drought years and was especially high in 2018. Sensitivity analyses showed that (controls on) SM stress and SM drought characteristics differ.