The evolution of root-zone moisture capacities after deforestation: a step towards hydrological predictions under change?

Nijzink, Remko; Hutton, Christopher; Pechlivanidis, Ilias; Capell, René; Arheimer, Berit; Freer, Jim; Han, Dawei; Wagener, Thorsten; McGuire, Kevin; Savenije, Hubert; Hrachowitz, Markus

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4775-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4775-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-4775-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 12

Research article

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05 Dec 2016

Research article |

| 05 Dec 2016

The evolution of root-zone moisture capacities after deforestation: a step towards hydrological predictions under change?

Remko Nijzink, Christopher Hutton, Ilias Pechlivanidis, René Capell, Berit Arheimer, Jim Freer, Dawei Han, Thorsten Wagener, Kevin McGuire, Hubert Savenije, and Markus Hrachowitz

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Sep 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Review', Remko C. Nijzink, 17 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Review of The evolution of root zone moisture capacities after land use change: a step towards predictions under change? by Nijzink and al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Sep 2016
- AC2: 'Response to review', Remko C. Nijzink, 01 Oct 2016
RC3: 'REVIEW', Agnès Ducharne, 14 Oct 2016
- AC3: 'Response to review', Remko C. Nijzink, 26 Oct 2016
EC1: 'Editor comment', Fabrizio Fenicia, 26 Oct 2016

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (26 Oct 2016) by Fabrizio Fenicia

AR by Remko C. Nijzink on behalf of the Authors (05 Nov 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 Nov 2016) by Fabrizio Fenicia

AR by Remko C. Nijzink on behalf of the Authors (14 Nov 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The core component of many hydrological systems, the moisture storage capacity available to vegetation, is typically treated as a calibration parameter in hydrological models and often considered to remain constant in time. In this paper we test the potential of a recently introduced method to robustly estimate catchment-scale root-zone storage capacities exclusively based on climate data to reproduce the temporal evolution of root-zone storage under change (deforestation).