Multi-scale temporal analysis of evaporation  on a saline lake in the Atacama Desert

Lobos-Roco, Felipe; Hartogensis, Oscar; Suárez, Francisco; Huerta-Viso, Ariadna; Benedict, Imme; de la Fuente, Alberto; Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, Jordi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3709-2022

Articles | Volume 26, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3709-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3709-2022

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

Articles | Volume 26, issue 13

Research article

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15 Jul 2022

Research article |

| 15 Jul 2022

Multi-scale temporal analysis of evaporation on a saline lake in the Atacama Desert

Felipe Lobos-Roco, Oscar Hartogensis, Francisco Suárez, Ariadna Huerta-Viso, Imme Benedict, Alberto de la Fuente, and Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano

Data sets

Dataset of Local evaporation controlled by regional atmospheric circulation in the Altiplano of the Atacama Desert F. Lobos Roco, O. Hartogensis, J. Vila, A. de la Fuente, and F. Suarez https://doi.org/10.17632/c5s6zk2rmz.2

Short summary

This research brings a multi-scale temporal analysis of evaporation in a saline lake of the Atacama Desert. Our findings reveal that evaporation is controlled differently depending on the timescale. Evaporation is controlled sub-diurnally by wind speed, regulated seasonally by radiation and modulated interannually by ENSO. Our research extends our understanding of evaporation, contributing to improving the climate change assessment and efficiency of water management in arid regions.