Variation in actual evapotranspiration following changes in climate and vegetation cover during an ecological restoration period (2000–2015) in the Loess Plateau, China

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 689; pp. 534 - 545
• Main Authors: Ma, Zonghan, Yan, Nana, Wu, Bingfang, Stein, Alfred, Zhu, Weiwei, Zeng, Hongwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.11.2019
• Subjects: air; atmospheric pressure; China; Climate change; climatic factors; cropland; ecosystems; evapotranspiration; Evapotranspiration modelling; forest land; Grain for Green project; grasslands; humans; humidity; hydrologic cycle; land restoration; Loess Plateau; monitoring; Remote sensing; river flow; solar radiation; spatial variation; statistical analysis; sustainable development; temperature; temporal variation; vegetation cover; water conservation; water resources; Water sustainability; wind speed; China; Evapotranspiration modelling; Climate change; Water sustainability; Remote sensing; Grain for Green project; Loess Plateau

The spatial distribution of water resources largely influences Earth ecosystems and human civilization. Being a major component of the global water cycle, evapotranspiration (ET) serves as an indicator of the availability of water resources. Understanding the actual ET (ETa) variation mechanism at d...