Synthesis of global actual evapotranspiration from 1982 to 2019

• Published in: Earth system science data Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 447 - 480
• Main Authors: Elnashar, Abdelrazek, Wang, Linjiang, Wu, Bingfang, Zhu, Weiwei, Zeng, Hongwei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 16.02.2021; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Agriculture; Algorithms; Basins; Carbon cycle; Climate change; Climatic changes; Covariance; Data assimilation; Datasets; Eddy covariance; Energy; Energy balance; Evapotranspiration; Evapotranspiration estimates; Force and energy; Hydrology; Land cover; Management; Mathematical models; Parameter uncertainty; Precipitation; Remote sensing; Resolution; Resource management; Simplified surfaces; Spatial discrimination; Spatial resolution; Spectroradiometers; Surface energy; Surface energy balance; Surface properties; Synthesis; Temporal resolution; Water; Water resources; Water resources management; United States > US; Europe

As a linkage among water, energy, and carbon cycles, global actual evapotranspiration (ET) plays an essential role in agriculture, water resource management, and climate change. Although it is difficult to estimate ET over a large scale and for a long time, there are several global ET datasets avail...