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Whole rock basalt alteration from CO2-rich brine during flow-through experiments at 150 °C and 150 bar
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Laminar flame speeds under engine-relevant conditions: Uncertainty quantification and minimization in spherically expanding flame experiments
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Manipulative experiments demonstrate how long-term soil moisture changes alter controls of plant water use
Tree transpiration depends on biotic and abiotic factors that might change in the future, including precipitation and soil moisture status. Although short-term sap flux responses to soil moisture and evaporative demand have been the subject of attention before, the relative sensitivity of sap flux to these two factors under long-term changes in soil moisture conditions has rarely been determined experimentally. We tested how long-term artificial change in soil moisture affects the sensitivity of tree-level sap flux to daily atmospheric vapor pressure deficit (VPD) and soil moisture variations, and the generality of these effects across forest types and environments using four manipulative sites in mature forests. Exposure to relatively long-term (two to six years) soil moisture reduction decreases tree sap flux sensitivity to daily VPD and relative extractable water (REW) variations, leading to lower sap flux even under high soil moisture and optimal VPD. Inversely, trees subjected to long-term irrigation showed a significant increase in their sensitivity to daily VPD and REW, but only at the most water-limited site. The ratio between the relative change in soil moisture manipulation and the relative change in sap flux sensitivity to VPD and REW variations was similar across sites suggesting common adjustment mechanisms to long-term soil moisture status across environments for evergreen tree species. Overall, our results show that long-term changes in soil water availability, and subsequent adjustments to these novel conditions, could play a critical and increasingly important role in controlling forest water use in the future.
Discussion of thermal experiments’ capability to screen the feasibility of air injection
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Modification of the electron energy distribution function during lithium experiments on the National Spherical Torus Experiment
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Characterization of transient particle loads during lithium experiments on the National Spherical Torus Experiment
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Numerical modeling of first experiments on PbLi MHD flows in a rectangular duct with foam-based SiC flow channel insert
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Dynamic localized hot spot mix extraction from images in ICF experiments
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