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Vapor plumes in a tropical wet forest: spotting the invisible evaporation
César Dionisio Jiménez-Rodríguez
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Water Resources Section, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands
Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, 159-7050, Cartago, Costa Rica
Miriam Coenders-Gerrits
Water Resources Section, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands
Bart Schilperoort
Water Resources Section, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands
Adriana del Pilar González-Angarita
independent researcher
Hubert Savenije
Water Resources Section, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, the Netherlands
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Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2021-264, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2021-264, 2021
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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.
During rainfall events, evaporation from tropical forests is usually ignored. However, the water...
