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evapotranspiration

Scope: hydrology
Papers: 53 | Mentions: 110

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Definition

The combined process of water evaporation from soil and plant surfaces and water transpiration from plant leaves, representing a major component of the water budget that increases with warming temperatures

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Publications (57)

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Model-based interpretation of solute exports and carbon partitioning during shale weathering in a mountainous hillslope

2026Water Resources Researchmeasured variable
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Using time-lapse imagery to determine snow heterogeneity

2025central
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Contrasting depth dependencies of plant root presence and mass across biomes underscore prolific root-regolith interactions

2025AGU Advancesmeasured variable
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Controls from above and below: Snow, soil, and steepness drive diverging trends of subsurface water and streamflow dynamics

2025Hydrological Processesmeasured variable
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Molecular diversity of dissolved organic matter reflects macroecological patterns in river networks

2025Scientific Reportsmeasured variable
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Observations of surface energy fluxes and meteorology in the seasonally snow-covered high-elevation East River watershed during SPLASH, 2021–2023

2025Earth System Science Datameasured variable
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Matrix diffusion controls mountain hillslope groundwater ages and inferred storage dynamics

2025Groundwatercontext
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Seasonality and albedo dependence of cloud radiative forcing in the Upper Colorado River Basin

2025Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospherescontext
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Recent Upper Colorado River Streamflow Declines Driven by Loss of Spring Precipitation

2024Geophysical Research Lettersmeasured variable
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Cold-season precipitation sensitivity to microphysical parameterizations: hydrologic evaluations leveraging snow lidar datasets

2024Journal of Hydrometeorologymeasured variable
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Hydrological control of rock carbon fluxes from shale weathering

2024Nature Watermeasured variable
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Declining groundwater storage expected to amplify mountain streamflow reductions in a warmer world

2024Nature Watermeasured
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Dwindling Groundwater Reserves Will Threaten Mountain Streamflow in a Warmer World

2023Research Squaremeasured
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Supporting advancement in weather and water prediction in the upper Colorado River Basin: The SPLASH campaign

2023Bulletin of the American Meteorological Societymeasured variable
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The Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Campaign

2023Bulletin of the American Meteorological Societymeasured variable
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Evaluating 3 decades of precipitation in the Upper Colorado River basin from a high-resolution regional climate model

2023Geoscientific Model Developmentmeasured variable
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Aerobic respiration controls on shale weathering

2023Geochimica et Cosmochimica Actacontext
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Agricultural Water Footprints and Productivity in the Colorado River Basin

2023Hydrologymeasured variable
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BASIN-3D: A brokering framework to integrate diverse environmental data

2022Computers & Geosciencesmeasured variable
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Understanding the Hydrogeochemical Response of a Mountainous Watershed Using Integrated Surface-Subsurface Flow and Reactive Transport Modeling

2022Water Resources Researchcontext
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The effects of spatial and temporal resolution of gridded meteorological forcing on watershed hydrological responses

2022Hydrology and Earth System Sciencesmeasured
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Column-Test Data Analyses and Geochemical Modeling to Determine Uranium Reactive Transport Parameters at a Former Uranium Mill Site (Grand Junction, Colorado)

2022Mineralscontext
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Variability of Snow and Rainfall Partitioning Into Evapotranspiration and Summer Runoff Across Nine Mountainous Catchments

2022Geophysical Research Letters,central
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Downscaled hyper-resolution (400 m) gridded datasets of daily precipitation and temperature (2008-2019) for East Taylor subbasin (western United States)

2022Earth System Science Data Discussionscontext
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On the similarity of hillslope hydrologic function: a clustering approach based on groundwater changes

2022Hydrology and Earth System Sciencesmeasured variable
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The effects of spatial and temporal resolution of gridded meteorological forcing on watershed hydrological responses

2022Hydrology and Earth System Sciencesmeasured variable
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Quantifying Subsurface Flow and Solute Transport in a Snowmelt-Recharged Hillslope With Multiyear Water Balance

2022Water Resources Researchmeasured variable
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Using Fission-Track Radiography Coupled with Scanning Electron Microscopy for Efficient Identification of Solid-Phase Uranium Mineralogy at a Former Uranium Pilot Mill (Grand Junction, Colorado)

2021Geosciencescontext
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Green Light for Adaptive Policies on the Colorado River

2021Watermeasured variable
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Modeling geogenic and atmospheric nitrogen through the East River Watershed, Colorado Rocky Mountains

2021PloS onemeasured variable
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Estimation of Evapotranspiration Rates and Root Water Uptake Profiles From Soil Moisture Sensor Array Data

2021Water Resources Researchcentral
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The Colorado East River Community Observatory Data Collection

2021Hydrologic Processesmeasured variable
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The influence of orbital parameters on the North American Monsoon system during the Last Interglacial Period

2021Journal of Quaternary Sciencemeasured variable
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A deep learning hybrid predictive modeling (HPM) approach for estimating evapotranspiration and ecosystem respiration

2021Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciencecentral
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Resolution matters when modeling climate change in headwaters of the Colorado River

2020Environmental Research Lettersmeasured
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The East River Community Observatory Data Collection: Diverse, multiscale data from a mountainous watershed in the East River, Colorado

2020Authoreameasured variable
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Baseflow Age Distributions and Depth of Active Groundwater Flow in a Snow Dominated Mountain Headwater Basin

2020Water Resource Research doi 10.1029/2020WR028161measured variable
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Remote Sensing-Informed Zonation for Understanding Snow, Plant and Soil Moisture Dynamics within a Mountain Ecosystem

2020Remote Sensingcontext
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Distinct Source Water Chemistry Shapes Contrasting Concentration-Discharge Patterns

2019Water Resources Researchmeasured variable
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Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variability of Evapotranspiration and Its Governing Factors in a Mountainous Watershed

2019Watermeasured variable
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Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variability of Evapotranspiration and Its Governing Factors in a Mountainous Watershed

2019Watercentral
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Depth- and time-resolved distributions of snowmelt-driven hillslope subsurface flow and transport and their contributions to surface waters.

2019Water Resources Researchmeasured variable
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Sensitivity analysis of hydraulic conductivity and Manning’s n parameters lead to new method to scale effective hydraulic conductivity across model resolutions.

2019Hydrological Processesmeasured variable
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Streamflow partitioning and transit time distribution in snow-dominated basins as a function of climate

2019Journal of Hydrologymeasured variable
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Streamflow partitioning and transit time distribution in snow-dominated basins as a function of climate

2019Journal of Hydrologycontext
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The importance of interflow to groundwater recharge in a snowmelt-dominated headwater basin

2019Geophysical Researchmeasured
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Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variability of Evapotranspiration and Its Governing Factors in a Mountainous Watershed

2019Waterprimary focus
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Challenges in Building an End-to-End System for Acquisition, Management, and Integration of Diverse Data From Sensor Networks in Watersheds: Lessons From a Mountainous Community Observatory in East River, Colorado

2019IEEE Accesscontext
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Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

2018Mountain Viewsmeasured variable
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Factors Controlling Seasonal Groundwater and Solute Flux from Snow-Dominated Basins

2018Hydrological Processescontext
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The East River, Colorado, Watershed: A mountainous community testbed for improving predictive understanding of multiscale hydrological-biogeochemical dynamics

2018Vadose Zone Journalmeasured variable
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Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

2018Mountain Viewsmeasured variable
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Contrasting the hydrologic response due to land cover and climate change in a mountain headwaters system

2016Ecohydrologymeasured
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Propagating climate and vegetation change through the hydrologic cycle in a mountain headwaters catchment.

2015measured variable
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Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?

2014Journal of Vegetation Sciencecontext
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Late Quaternary Paleoecology of Two High-Elevation Mammal Species from the Southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

2011context
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Terrestrial ecosytem feedbacks to global climate change

1997Annual Review Energy Environmentcontext

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