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Aspects of the hydrology of a small blanket peat catchment in Cloosh forest, County Galway, were investigated focusing on evapotranspiration during one calendar year in 1996, which was compared with the lysimetric values obtained from the nearest weather station. Using monthly rainfall data from the weather station and published data for through fall and stem flow, a value for the net amount of water reaching the soil was calculated. Runoff was measured using the STARFLOW recorder. It was found that the net effective water was equal to runoff in fully saturated blanket peat. The Penman-Monteith equation was used to calculate the evapotranspiration in the Cloosh catchment and this was compared the water balance equations. The change in the evapotranspiration values were attributed to the difference in through-flow and stem-flow.
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Chandran, R., Collins, J.F., Cummins, T. (2006). Estimation of Water Budget in the Forested Peat-Lands of Western Ireland. In: Krecek, J., Haigh, M. (eds) Environmental Role of Wetlands in Headwaters. NATO Science Series: IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences, vol 63. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4228-0_9
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