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Evaporation measurements at the Dead Sea
Jutta Metzger
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IMK-TRO 3
Environmental Risks Water availability
Climate change
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Motivation
Negative water balance
Nearly no inflow
Small precipitation amounts High evaporation rates
∆𝑉 = 𝑉 𝑃 − 𝑉 𝐸 + 𝑉 𝐼𝐼 − 𝑉 𝑂𝑂𝑂
Oroud 2011
∆𝑉 = 𝑉 𝑃 − 𝑉 𝐸 + 𝑉 𝐼𝐼 − 𝑉 𝑂𝑂𝑂
IMK-TRO 5
Research Question
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Experimental Setup
IMK-TRO 7
Evaporation - bare soil
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Evaporation - bare soil
Rain event
IMK-TRO 9
Evaporation - water
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Evaporation - vegetation
IMK-TRO 11
Mean daily evaporation
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Bare soil water vegetation
Daily variation - water
IMK-TRO 13
Diurnal variation - vegetation
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Governing factors
bare soil water vegetation
IMK-TRO 15
Conclusions
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