Water fluxes on different spatial and temporal scales in a semi-arid steppe environment [Elektronische Ressource] : experimental and modelling approaches / vorgelegt von Katrin Schneider

Water fluxes on different spatial and temporal scales in a semi‐arid steppe environment: experimental and modelling approaches     Kumulativdissertation  zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades „Dr. rer. nat.”  am Fachbereich 09 Agrarwissenschaften, Ökotrophologie und Umweltmanagement Justus‐Liebig‐Universität Gießen  vorgelegt von  Katrin Schneider (Dipl.‐Geogr.) aus Kempten  Gießen, den 12. September 2008  Table of contents Table of contents 1 Extended summary ..........................................................................1 1.1 Introduction...................................................................................... 1 1.2 Study area ........................................................................................ 3 1.2.1 Climate.................................................................................... 4 1.2.2 Vegetation and land cover .................................................... 5 1.2.3 Geology, geomorphology and soils..................................... 5 1.2.4 Runoff generation.................................................................. 6 1.2.5 Field scale experimental sites .............................................. 6 1.3 On the role of evapotranspiration: comparing evapotranspiration methods with field data ................................. 7 1.3.1 Introduction............................................................................ 7 1.3.2 Results and discussion.......