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Benefits of a robotic chamber system for determining evapotranspiration in an erosion-affected, heterogeneous cropland
Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Mathias Hoffmann
Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Gernot Verch
Experimental Infrastructure Platform (EIP), Leibniz Centre for Agricultural and Landscape Research, 17291 Prenzlau, Germany
Marten Schmidt
Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Michael Sommer
Landscape Pedology, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Institute of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Jürgen Augustin
Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Maren Dubbert
Isotope Biogeochemistry and Gas Fluxes, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
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Short summary
Evapotranspiration (ET) plays a pivotal role in terrestrial water cycling, returning up to 90 % of precipitation to the atmosphere. We studied impacts of soil type and management on an agroecosystem using an automated system with modern modeling approaches. We modeled ET at high spatial and temporal resolution to highlight differences in heterogeneous soils on an hourly basis. Our results show significant differences in yield and smaller differences in ET overall, impacting water use efficiency.
Evapotranspiration (ET) plays a pivotal role in terrestrial water cycling, returning up to 90 %...
