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Thanks for the information. Something I've wondered with these sorts of things is what's meant by "used" with water? I can understand measuring the input into t

by __s 6y ago

Thanks for the information. Something I've wondered with these sorts of things is what's meant by "used" with water? I can understand measuring the input into the system, but there's a lot of outputs, & some of those outputs should flow back into the system sooner than others, causing variance of how much impact that input of water had on the surrounding areas' drought Since you're saying 99% evaporation, I assume for most everything most water follows air flows which through the pareto principle collect to places which don't need water? (& may actively not want water in the case of flooding)

s1artibartfast 6y ago
As you surmised, "used" water is the input to the system. For most systems, the waste water outputs ends up in places which are not useful. The valuable output of the water (H20) is converted to other molecules (eg sugar, cellulose, ect). You could measure this by the change in plant mass from the start of the season to harvest time. Some of the water will also seep into the ground deeper than the tree can reach, and some will be lost as evaporated vapor from the leaves and tissue. This water would is generally gone from the system. This can and cause increased humidity and cloud formation and be blown to different locations. There is some literature on the subject. https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/hydr/15/3/jhm-d-13-049_1.xml?tab_body=fulltext-display https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/hydr/15/3/jhm-d-1... https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-008-0445-z https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-008-0445-z