Tubiello et al. 1999

Tubiello, F.N., J.W. Druitt, and B.D.V. Marino, 1999: Dynamics of the global water cycle of Biosphere 2. Ecol. Eng., 13, 287-300.

We investigate water usage and movement throughout the major reservoirs of Biosphere 2, Oracle, AZ, over a period of two months. The data analyzed show reservoir turnover times ranging from hours to several years and the existence of three major water sub-cycles. A 'fast pool', or 60% of the available water used daily in Biosphere 2, is recycled within a month through the air-handler's condensation system, as a consequence of plant and soil evapotranspiration; a 'medium pool', or 30% of available water, moves through the soil profile as drainage and is recycled within a year; while a 'slow pool', or the remaining 10%, moves through the Biosphere 2 ocean and takes several years to turnover. We develop a simple model of the Biosphere 2 water cycle and discuss its utility in estimating global and single-biome ecosystem processes within this facility.

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Tubiello, F.N., Druitt, J.W., and Marino, B.D.V.: Dynamics of the global water cycle of Biosphere 2, Ecol. Eng., 13, 287-300, 1999.

Tubiello, F.N., J.W. Druitt, and B.D.V. Marino (1999), Dynamics of the global water cycle of Biosphere 2, Ecol. Eng., 13, 287-300.

Tubiello, F.N., J.W. Druitt, and B.D.V. Marino, 1999: Dynamics of the global water cycle of Biosphere 2. Ecol. Eng., 13, 287-300.

Tubiello, F.N., Druitt, J.W., & Marino, B.D.V. 1999, Ecol. Eng., 13, 287.

Tubiello FN, Druitt JW, Marino BDV. Dynamics of the global water cycle of Biosphere 2, Ecol Eng 1999;13:287-300.

F.N. Tubiello, J.W. Druitt, B.D.V. Marino, Ecol. Eng. 13, 287-300 (1999).