Articles | Volume 26, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6263-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-6263-2022
Research article
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13 Dec 2022
Research article |  | 13 Dec 2022

Resolving seasonal and diel dynamics of non-rainfall water inputs in a Mediterranean ecosystem using lysimeters

Sinikka Jasmin Paulus, Tarek Sebastian El-Madany, René Orth, Anke Hildebrandt, Thomas Wutzler, Arnaud Carrara, Gerardo Moreno, Oscar Perez-Priego, Olaf Kolle, Markus Reichstein, and Mirco Migliavacca

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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

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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.