Identification of soil-cooling rains in southern France from soil temperature and soil moisture observations

Zhang, Sibo; Meurey, Catherine; Calvet, Jean-Christophe

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5005-2019

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12 Apr 2019

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| 12 Apr 2019

Identification of soil-cooling rains in southern France from soil temperature and soil moisture observations

Sibo Zhang, Catherine Meurey, and Jean-Christophe Calvet

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RC1: 'Review of paper ACP-2018-929 Identification of soil-cooling rains in southern France from soil temperature and soil moisture observations by Zhang et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Dec 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Jean-Christophe Calvet, 26 Feb 2019
RC2: 'Identification of soil-cooling rains in southern France from soil temperature and soil moisture observations', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Jan 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 3', Jean-Christophe Calvet, 26 Feb 2019

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In situ rain temperature measurements are rare. Soil moisture and soil temperature observations in southern France are used to assess the cooling effects on soils of rainfall events. The rainwater temperature is estimated using observed changes of topsoil volumetric soil moisture and soil temperature in response to the rainfall event. The obtained rain temperature estimates are generally lower than the ambient air temperatures, wet-bulb temperatures, and topsoil temperatures.