Partitioning of evapotranspiration(ET)into biological component transpiration(T)and non-biological component evaporation(E)is crucial in understanding the impact of environmental change on ecosystems and water resourc...Partitioning of evapotranspiration(ET)into biological component transpiration(T)and non-biological component evaporation(E)is crucial in understanding the impact of environmental change on ecosystems and water resources.However,direct measurement of transpiration is still challenging.In this paper,an optimality-based ecohydrological model named Vegetation Optimality Model(VOM)is applied for ET partitioning.The results show that VOM model can reasonably simulate ET and ET components in a semiarid shrubland.Overall,the ratio of transpiration to evapotranspiration is 49%for the whole period.Evaporation and plant transpiration mainly occur in monsoon following the precipitation events.Evaporation responds immediately to precipitation events,while transpiration shows a lagged response of several days to those events.Different years demonstrate different patterns of T/ET ratio dynamic in monsoon.Some of the years show a low T/ET ratio at the beginning of monsoon and slowly increased T/ET ratio.Other years show a high level of T/ET ratio for the whole monsoon.We find out that spring precipitation,especially the size of the precipitation,has a significant influence on the T/ET ratio in monsoon.展开更多
基金This work is supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China[grant number 2017YFC050540503]National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant numbers 41301028,41571413,41701520 and 41471368]Lajiao Chen(201704910065)would like to acknowledge the fellowship from the China Scholarship Council(CSC).
文摘Partitioning of evapotranspiration(ET)into biological component transpiration(T)and non-biological component evaporation(E)is crucial in understanding the impact of environmental change on ecosystems and water resources.However,direct measurement of transpiration is still challenging.In this paper,an optimality-based ecohydrological model named Vegetation Optimality Model(VOM)is applied for ET partitioning.The results show that VOM model can reasonably simulate ET and ET components in a semiarid shrubland.Overall,the ratio of transpiration to evapotranspiration is 49%for the whole period.Evaporation and plant transpiration mainly occur in monsoon following the precipitation events.Evaporation responds immediately to precipitation events,while transpiration shows a lagged response of several days to those events.Different years demonstrate different patterns of T/ET ratio dynamic in monsoon.Some of the years show a low T/ET ratio at the beginning of monsoon and slowly increased T/ET ratio.Other years show a high level of T/ET ratio for the whole monsoon.We find out that spring precipitation,especially the size of the precipitation,has a significant influence on the T/ET ratio in monsoon.
