Articles | Volume 11, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1917-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1917-2019
Data description paper
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13 Dec 2019
Data description paper |  | 13 Dec 2019

Reference crop evapotranspiration database in Spain (1961–2014)

Miquel Tomas-Burguera, Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano, Santiago Beguería, Fergus Reig, and Borja Latorre

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SPETo (Spanish reference evapotranspiration) Miquel Tomas-Burguera, Santiago Begueria, Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano, Fergus Reig-Gracia, and Borja Latorre Garcés https://doi.org/10.20350/digitalCSIC/8615

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A database of reference evapotranspiration (ETo) was obtained and made publicly available for Spain covering the 1961–2014 period at a spatial resolution of 1.1 km. Previous to ETo calculation, data of required climate variables were interpolated and validated, and the uncertainty was estimated. Obtained ETo values can be used to calculate irrigation requirements, improve drought studies (our main motivation) and study the impact of climate change, as a positive trend was detected.
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