Terrestrial water fluxes dominated by transpiration

Scott Jasechko (), Zachary D. Sharp, John J. Gibson, S. Jean Birks, Yi Yi and Peter J. Fawcett
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Scott Jasechko: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
Zachary D. Sharp: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
John J. Gibson: Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures, Vancouver Island Technology Park, Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 7X8, Canada
S. Jean Birks: Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures, Vancouver Island Technology Park, Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 7X8, Canada
Yi Yi: Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures, Vancouver Island Technology Park, Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 7X8, Canada
Peter J. Fawcett: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA

Nature, 2013, vol. 496, issue 7445, 347-350

Abstract: An analysis of the relative effects of transpiration and evaporation, which can be distinguished by how they affect isotope ratios in water, shows that transpiration is by far the largest water flux from Earth’s continents, representing 80 to 90 per cent of terrestrial evapotranspiration and using half of all solar energy absorbed by land surfaces.

Date: 2013
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