Articles | Volume 26, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6263-2022
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6263-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Resolving seasonal and diel dynamics of non-rainfall water inputs in a Mediterranean ecosystem using lysimeters
Sinikka Jasmin Paulus
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Institute of Geoscience, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Tarek Sebastian El-Madany
Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
René Orth
Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Anke Hildebrandt
Department Computational Hydrosystems, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
Institute of Geoscience, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Thomas Wutzler
Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Arnaud Carrara
Fundacion Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo (CEAM), Valencia, Spain
Gerardo Moreno
Institute for Silvopastoralism Research (INDEHESA), Universidad de Extremadura, Plasencia, Spain
Oscar Perez-Priego
Department of Forestry Engineering, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
Olaf Kolle
Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Markus Reichstein
Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Mirco Migliavacca
Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
current address: Bioeconomy Unit, European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
Data sets
High-resolution large weighing lysimeter measurements with meteorological and soil-hydrological variables from a Mediterranean Savanna S. J. Paulus, T. S. El-Madany, T. Wutzler, A. Carrara, G. M. Moreno, M. Reichstein, R. Orth, M. Hertel, R. López-Jimenez, and M. Migliavacca https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7354493
Short summary
In this study, we analyze small inputs of water to ecosystems such as fog, dew, and adsorption of vapor. To measure them, we use a scaling system and later test our attribution of different water fluxes to weight changes. We found that they occur frequently during 1 year in a dry summer ecosystem. In each season, a different flux seems dominant, but they all mainly occur during the night. Therefore, they could be important for the biosphere because rain is unevenly distributed over the year.
In this study, we analyze small inputs of water to ecosystems such as fog, dew, and adsorption...