title: Jasechko et al. reply.
abstract: replying to A. M. J. Coenders-Gerrits et al. 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12925 (2014)In their Comment, Coenders-Gerrits et al. suggest that our conclusion that transpiration dominates the terrestrial water cycle is biased by unrepresentative input data and optimistic uncertainty ranges related to runoff, interception and the isotopic compositions of transpired and evaporated moisture. We clearly presented the uncertainties applied in our Monte-Carlo sensitivity analysis, we reported percentile ranges of results rather than standard deviations to best communicate the nonlinear nature of the isotopic evaporation model, and we highlighted that the uncertainty in our calculation remains large, particularly in humid catchments (for example, figure 2 in our paper).
authors: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.
authors: Scott
authors: S
authors: Jasechko
authors: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.
authors: Zachary D
authors: ZD
authors: Sharp
authors: 1] Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, Vancouver Island Technology Park, Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 7X8, Canada [2] Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3R4, Canada.
authors: John J
authors: JJ
authors: Gibson
authors: 1] Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, Vancouver Island Technology Park, Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 7X8, Canada [2] Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
authors: S Jean
authors: SJ
authors: Birks
authors: 1] Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, Vancouver Island Technology Park, Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 7X8, Canada [2] Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3R4, Canada.
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Yi
authors: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.
authors: Peter J
authors: PJ
authors: Fawcett
mesh_terms: D005618:Fresh Water / Q000032:analysis*; D018526:Plant Transpiration / Q000502:physiology*; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D014872:Water Movements