Long-term variations in actual evapotranspiration over the Tibetan Plateau

Han, Cunbo; Ma, Yaoming; Wang, Binbin; Zhong, Lei; Ma, Weiqiang; Chen, Xuelong; Su, Zhongbo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3513-2021

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Extreme environment datasets for the three poles

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Data description paper

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19 Jul 2021

Data description paper |

| 19 Jul 2021

Long-term variations in actual evapotranspiration over the Tibetan Plateau

Cunbo Han, Yaoming Ma, Binbin Wang, Lei Zhong, Weiqiang Ma, Xuelong Chen, and Zhongbo Su

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3513-2021-supplement

Data sets

Monthly mean evapotranspiration data set of the Tibet Plateau (2001–2018) Cunbo Han, Yaoming Ma, Binbin Wang, Lei Zhong, Weiqiang Ma, Xuelong Chen, and Zhongbo Su https://doi.org/10.11888/Hydro.tpdc.270995

The estimated actual evapotranspiration over the Tibetan Plateau from 2001 to 2016 Cunbo Han, Yaoming Ma, Binbin Wang, Lei Zhong, Weiqiang Ma, Xuelong Chen, and Zhongbo Su https://doi.org/10.11922/sciencedb.t00000.00010

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Actual terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET_a) is a key parameter controlling the land–atmosphere interaction processes and water cycle. However, the spatial distribution and temporal changes in ET_a over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) remain very uncertain. Here we estimate the multiyear (2001–2018) monthly ET_a and its spatial distribution on the TP by a combination of meteorological data and satellite products. Results have been validated at six eddy-covariance monitoring sites and show high accuracy.