Contrasting roles of interception and transpiration in the hydrological cycle &ndash;  Part 1: Temporal characteristics over land

Wang-Erlandsson, L.; van der Ent, R. J.; Gordon, L. J.; Savenije, H. H. G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-5-441-2014

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-5-441-2014

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-5-441-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

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05 Dec 2014

Research article |

| 05 Dec 2014

Contrasting roles of interception and transpiration in the hydrological cycle – Part 1: Temporal characteristics over land

L. Wang-Erlandsson, R. J. van der Ent, L. J. Gordon, and H. H. G. Savenije

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C35: 'Review: Wang-Erlandsson et al. ESD-D', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 Mar 2014
- AC C64: 'Brief response to referee comment by Anonymous Referee #1', Lan Wang-Erlandsson, 08 Apr 2014
- AC C242: 'Response to specific comments by Anonymous Referee #1', Lan Wang-Erlandsson, 12 Jun 2014
RC C70: 'Between major and minor revisions suggested - mainly regarding the paper's broader context.', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Apr 2014
- AC C179: 'Response to general comments by Anonymous Referee #2', Lan Wang-Erlandsson, 27 May 2014
- AC C195: 'Response to specific comments by Anonymous Referee #2', Lan Wang-Erlandsson, 05 Jun 2014
RC C76: 'Wang-Erlandsson review', Anonymous Referee #3, 10 Apr 2014
- RC C93: 'Minor Revisions', Anonymous Referee #4, 14 Apr 2014
  - AC C214: 'Response to comments by Anonymous Referee #4', Lan Wang-Erlandsson, 09 Jun 2014
- AC C204: 'Response to comments by Anonymous Referee #3', Lan Wang-Erlandsson, 09 Jun 2014
RC C98: 'Please highlight the scientific implications more', Anonymous Referee #5, 15 Apr 2014
- AC C211: 'Response to comments by Anonymous Referee #5', Lan Wang-Erlandsson, 09 Jun 2014
SC C107: 'On the justification, validation and originality of the work', D.G. Miralles, 28 Apr 2014
- AC C224: 'Response to comments by D. G. Miralles', Lan Wang-Erlandsson, 11 Jun 2014
SC C121: 'Energy balance and soil moisture', Richard de Jeu, 07 May 2014
- AC C190: 'Response to comments by R. de Jeu', Lan Wang-Erlandsson, 05 Jun 2014

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Lan Wang-Erlandsson on behalf of the Authors (31 Jul 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Aug 2014) by Govindasamy Bala

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (04 Sep 2014)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (26 Sep 2014)

RR by Anonymous Referee #6 (20 Oct 2014)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 Oct 2014) by Govindasamy Bala

AR by Lan Wang-Erlandsson on behalf of the Authors (02 Nov 2014) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We investigate the temporal characteristics of partitioned evaporation on land, and we present STEAM (Simple Terrestrial Evaporation to Atmosphere Model) -- a hydrological land-surface model developed to provide inputs to moisture tracking. The terrestrial residence timescale of transpiration (days to months) has larger inter-seasonal variation and is substantially longer than that of interception (hours). This can cause differences in moisture recycling, which is investigated more in Part 2.