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03 Jul 2019
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| 03 Jul 2019
| 03 Jul 2019
Carbon–water flux coupling under progressive drought
Sven Boese
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knoell-Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
Martin Jung
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knoell-Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
Nuno Carvalhais
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knoell-Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
CENSE, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia,
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa,
Campus de Caparica,
2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Adriaan J. Teuling
Wageningen University & Research,
Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management,
Droevendaalsesteeg 3,
6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
Markus Reichstein
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knoell-Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
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This study examines how limited water availability during droughts affects water-use efficiency. This metric describes how much carbon an ecosystem can assimilate for each unit of water lost by transpiration. We test how well different water-use efficiency models can capture the dynamics of transpiration decrease due to increased soil-water limitation. Accounting for the interacting effects of radiation and water limitation is necessary to accurately predict transpiration during these periods.
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