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Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1499-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-1499-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 4
Research article
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03 Mar 2021
Research article |  | 03 Mar 2021

What determines the sign of the evapotranspiration response to afforestation in European summer?

Marcus Breil, Edouard L. Davin, and Diana Rechid

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The physical processes behind varying evapotranspiration rates in forests and grasslands in Europe are investigated in a regional model study with idealized afforestation scenarios. The results show that the evapotranspiration response to afforestation depends on the interplay of two counteracting factors: the transpiration facilitating characteristics of a forest and the reduced saturation deficits of forests caused by an increased surface roughness and associated lower surface temperatures.
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