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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-951-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-951-2018
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Review article
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01 Jun 2018
Review article |
| 01 Jun 2018
| 01 Jun 2018
Historical gridded reconstruction of potential evapotranspiration for the UK
NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson
Lane,
Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8BB, UK
Christel Prudhomme
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Shinfield Road,
Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11
3TU, UK
NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson
Lane,
Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8BB, UK
Katie Smith
NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson
Lane,
Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8BB, UK
Jamie Hannaford
NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson
Lane,
Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 8BB, UK
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Short summary
Potential evapotranspiration (PET) is necessary input data for most hydrological models, used to simulate river flows. To reconstruct PET prior to the 1960s, simplified methods are needed because of lack of climate data required for complex methods. We found that the McGuinness–Bordne PET equation, which only needs temperature as input data, works best for the UK provided it is calibrated for local conditions. This method was used to produce a 5 km gridded PET dataset for the UK for 1891–2015.
Potential evapotranspiration (PET) is necessary input data for most hydrological models, used to...
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