Special Issues  

HESSD - Special Issue

Climate-soil and vegetation interactions in ecological-hydrological processes
Editor(s): V. Iacobellis, S. Manfreda, and M. Sivapalan


Ecohydrology in Mediterranean areas: a numerical model to describe growing seasons out of phase with precipitations
D. Pumo, F. Viola, and L. V. Noto
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 4, 2769-2809, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 867 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 5 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (HESS)


  04 Sep 2007
The olive tree: a paradigm for drought tolerance in Mediterranean climates
A. Sofo, S. Manfreda, B. Dichio, M. Fiorentino, and C. Xiloyannis
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 4, 2811-2835, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 714 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 5 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (HESS)


  06 Sep 2007
Generation of soil moisture patterns at the catchment scale by EOF interpolation
M. A. Perry and J. D. Niemann
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 4, 2837-2874, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 902 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (HESS)


  07 Sep 2007
A conceptual dynamic vegetation-soil model for arid and semiarid zones
D. I. Quevedo and F. Francés
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 4, 3469-3499, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 849 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 7 Comments)


  25 Sep 2007
Modelling groundwater-dependent vegetation patterns using ensemble learning
J. Peters, B. De Baets, R. Samson, and N. E. C. Verhoest
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 4, 3687-3717, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 956 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (HESS)


  02 Oct 2007
A model for hydraulic redistribution incorporating coupled soil-root moisture transport
G. G. Amenu and P. Kumar
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 4, 3719-3769, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1460 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 4 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (HESS)


  04 Oct 2007
Vegetation composition and soil microbial community structural changes along a wetland hydrological gradient
W. K. Balasooriya, K. Denef, J. Peters, N. E. C. Verhoest, and P. Boeckx
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 4, 3869-3907, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 2980 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 5 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (HESS)


  18 Oct 2007
Analysis of soil and vegetation patterns in semi-arid Mediterranean landscapes by way of a conceptual water balance model
I. Portoghese, V. Iacobellis, and M. Sivapalan
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 4, 3909-3952, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1281 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 7 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (HESS)


  19 Oct 2007
Rainfall intermittency and vegetation feedbacks in drylands
M. Baudena and A. Provenzale
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 4, 4241-4264, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 863 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 4 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (HESS)   Final Revised Paper (HESS)


  22 Nov 2007
An optimality-based model of the coupled soil moisture and root dynamics
S. J. Schymanski, M. Sivapalan, M. L. Roderick, J. Beringer, and L. B. Hutley
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 5, 51-94, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 2136 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 5 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (HESS)


  09 Jan 2008
Vegetation dynamics and soil water balance in a water-limited Mediterranean ecosystem on Sardinia, Italy
N. Montaldo, J. D. Albertson, and M. Mancini
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 5, 219-255, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 2133 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 6 Comments)


  31 Jan 2008
Estimation of vegetation cover resilience from satellite time series
T. Simoniello, M. Lanfredi, M. Liberti, R. Coppola, and M. Macchiato
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 5, 511-546, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 970 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 4 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (HESS)


  28 Feb 2008
Modeling the monthly mean soil-water balance with a statistical-dynamical ecohydrology model as coupled to a two-component canopy model
J. P. Kochendorfer and J. A. Ramírez
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 5, 579-648, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1879 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 3 Comments)


  11 Mar 2008
Ecohydrologic controls on vegetation density and evapotranspiration partitioning across the climatic gradients of the central United States
J. P. Kochendorfer and J. A. Ramírez
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 5, 649-700, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1974 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 3 Comments)


  11 Mar 2008
A stochastic approach for the description of the water balance dynamics in a river basin
S. Manfreda and M. Fiorentino
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 5, 723-748, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 886 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 4 Comments)


  13 Mar 2008
Effects of runoff thresholds on flood frequency distributions
A. Gioia, V. Iacobellis, S. Manfreda, and M. Fiorentino
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 5, 903-933, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1142 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 4 Comments)


  01 Apr 2008