Technical note: Including non-evaporative fluxes enhances the accuracy of isotope-based soil evaporation estimates

Fu, Han; Gao, Ming; Li, Huijie; Penna, Daniele; Liu, Junming; Si, Bingcheng; Zou, Wenxiu

doi:10.5194/hess-30-1951-2026

Articles | Volume 30, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1951-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-30-1951-2026

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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 30, issue 7

Technical note

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13 Apr 2026

Technical note |

| 13 Apr 2026

Technical note: Including non-evaporative fluxes enhances the accuracy of isotope-based soil evaporation estimates

Han Fu, Ming Gao, Huijie Li, Daniele Penna, Junming Liu, Bingcheng Si, and Wenxiu Zou

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