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

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SC1: 'Controls on the development and persistence of soil moisture drought across Southwestern Germany', Zhiyong Liu, 12 Jul 2020
SC2: 'Comments', Chunyu Dong, 22 Jul 2020
- AC3: 'Reply to the short comments of Chunyu Dong and Zhiyong Liu', Erik Tijdeman, 26 Sep 2020
RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to the comments Anonymous Referee #1', Erik Tijdeman, 24 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Reviewer comments', Eric Hunt, 30 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to the comments of Eric Hunt', Erik Tijdeman, 03 Sep 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (29 Sep 2020) by Markus Hrachowitz

AR by Erik Tijdeman on behalf of the Authors (24 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 Nov 2020) by Markus Hrachowitz

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Dec 2020)

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (11 Jan 2021) by Markus Hrachowitz

AR by Erik Tijdeman on behalf of the Authors (18 Feb 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Feb 2021) by Markus Hrachowitz

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Feb 2021)

ED: Publish as is (24 Feb 2021) by Markus Hrachowitz

AR by Erik Tijdeman on behalf of the Authors (02 Mar 2021)

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.