Response to “Comment on ‘Soil Moisture Response to Snowmelt and Rainfall in a Sierra Nevada Mixed‐Conifer Forest’”
Author(s) -
Hopmans Jan W.,
Bales R.C.,
O'Geen A.T.,
Hunsaker C.T.,
Beaudette D.,
Hartsough P.C.,
Malazian A.,
Kirchner P.,
Meadows M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
vadose zone journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.036
H-Index - 81
ISSN - 1539-1663
DOI - 10.2136/vzj2012.0004r
Subject(s) - snowmelt , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , forestry , geography , geology , snow , meteorology , geotechnical engineering
We appreciate the comments by [Graham and Hubbert (2012)][1] regarding our finding ([Bales et al., 2011][2]) that water stored in deeper soils and weathered granitic rock (regolith) provides a significant fraction of water for forest evapotranspiration. Our multi-year hydrologic measurements confirm
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