Evaporation from a large lowland reservoir – observed  dynamics and drivers during a warm summer

Jansen, Femke A.; Uijlenhoet, Remko; Jacobs, Cor M. J.; Teuling, Adriaan J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2875-2022

Articles | Volume 26, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2875-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-2875-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 26, issue 11

Research article

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13 Jun 2022

Research article |

| 13 Jun 2022

Evaporation from a large lowland reservoir – observed dynamics and drivers during a warm summer

Femke A. Jansen, Remko Uijlenhoet, Cor M. J. Jacobs, and Adriaan J. Teuling

Data sets

Open water evaporation of Lake IJssel, data used in the study 'Evaporation from a large lowland reservoir – observed dynamics during a warm summer'. F. A. Jansen, R. Uijlenhoet, C. M. J. Jacobs, and A. J. Teuling https://doi.org/10.4121/16601675

Rijkswaterstaat Watertemperatuur - Rijkswaterstaat https://waterinfo.rws.nl/#!/kaart/watertemperatuur/

Model code and software

Open water evaporation of Lake IJssel, scripts and data used for regression analyses in the study 'Evaporation from a large lowland reservoir – observed dynamics during a warm summer'. F. A. Jansen, R. Uijlenhoet, C. M. J. Jacobs, and A. J. Teuling https://doi.org/10.4121/16913308

Short summary

We studied the controls on open water evaporation with a focus on Lake IJssel, the Netherlands, by analysing eddy covariance observations over two summer periods at two locations at the borders of the lake. Wind speed and the vertical vapour pressure gradient can explain most of the variation in observed evaporation, which is in agreement with Dalton's model. We argue that the distinct characteristics of inland waterbodies need to be taken into account when parameterizing their evaporation.