Partitioning of evapotranspiration and the influencing factors of evapotranspiration components in a shrub ecosystem dominated by Artemisia ordosica and Hedysarum fruticosum var. mongolicum in the Mu Us Desert, Northwest China

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202107.015

Abstract

Abstract: Evapotranspiration (ET) is an important part of water cycle and energy flow in ecosystem. Accurate estimation of ET and its components is critical for understanding the impacts of ecophysiological processes on ecosystem water balance and plant water use strategy. Using the eddy-covariance technique and the micro-lysimeter, we measured ET, evaporation (E), transpiration (T) of the Artemisia ordosica-Hedysarum fruticosum var. mongolicum shrubland in the Mu Us Desert during May 20 to September 15, 2019, quantified the ET components, and analyzed the seasonal characteristics and influencing factors of ET and its components. The results showed that T was the main component of ET in the growing season, with a T/ET of 53.1%. T/ET increased and E/ET decreased as precipitation decreased. The partitioning of evapotranspiration was regulated by precipi-tation. At the seasonal scale, the value of E was positively correlated with soil water content at 10 cm depth (SWC₁₀) and net radiation (R_n), while SWC₁₀ was the main factor influencing E. The value of T increased with the increases of R_n and leaf area index (LAI), and increased first and then decreased with the increases of soil water content at 30 cm layer (SWC₃₀). T was affected by SWC₃₀, R_n and LAI. Moisture was the main influencing factor of ET. The ET/P in the growing season was 109.2% and was 250.5% in May, indicating that the water consumption of ET in early growing season was partly from the precipitation in non-growing season.

Key words: Mu Us Desert, eddy correlation, micro-lysimeter, evapotranspiration, transpiration, evaporation

WEI Ning-ning, MU Yan-mei, JIANG Xiao-yan, JIA Xin, GAO Sheng-jie, JIANG Yan, JIN Chuan, HAN Cong, ZHA Tian-shan. Partitioning of evapotranspiration and the influencing factors of evapotranspiration components in a shrub ecosystem dominated by Artemisia ordosica and Hedysarum fruticosum var. mongolicum in the Mu Us Desert, Northwest China[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021, 32(7): 2407-2414.

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