Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-619-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-619-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
Research article
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11 Feb 2021
Research article | Highlight paper |  | 11 Feb 2021

Vapor plumes in a tropical wet forest: spotting the invisible evaporation

César Dionisio Jiménez-Rodríguez, Miriam Coenders-Gerrits, Bart Schilperoort, Adriana del Pilar González-Angarita, and Hubert Savenije

Data sets

Vapor Plumes Video at La Selva Biological Station Cesar Dionisio Jimenez-Rodriguez, A. P. (Adriana del Pilar) Gonzalez-Angarita, and Miriam Coenders https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:997cc9d8-2281-453e-b631-5f93cfebe00e

Meteorological data and isotope signatures of water samples collected at La Selva. Cesar Dionisio Jimenez-Rodriguez, A. P. (Adriana del Pilar) Gonzalez-Angarita, and Miriam Coenders https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:e70993d2-5852-4f63-9aff-39451fbd3fde

Model code and software

Visible vapor plumes in a tropical wet forest: R script C. Jiménez-Rodríguez, M. Coenders, B. Schilperoort, and A. P. (Adriana del Pilar) Gonzalez-Angarita https://doi.org/10.4121/13720795.v1

Video supplement

Vapor Plumes Video at La Selva Biological Station Cesar Dionisio Jimenez-Rodriguez, A.P. (Adriana del Pilar) Gonzalez-Angarita, Miriam Coenders https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:997cc9d8-2281-453e-b631-5f93cfebe00e

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Short summary
During rainfall events, evaporation from tropical forests is usually ignored. However, the water retained in the canopy during rainfall increases the evaporation despite the high-humidity conditions. In a tropical wet forest in Costa Rica, it was possible to depict vapor plumes rising from the forest canopy during rainfall. These plumes are evidence of forest evaporation. Also, we identified the conditions that allowed this phenomenon to happen using time-lapse videos and meteorological data.
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