Long-term monthly 0.05° terrestrial evapotranspiration dataset (1982–2018) for the Tibetan Plateau

Yuan, Ling; Chen, Xuelong; Ma, Yaoming; Han, Cunbo; Wang, Binbin; Ma, Weiqiang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-775-2024

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Long-term monthly 0.05° terrestrial evapotranspiration dataset (1982–2018) for the Tibetan Plateau

Ling Yuan, Xuelong Chen, Yaoming Ma, Cunbo Han, Binbin Wang, and Weiqiang Ma

Data sets

Long term variations of monthly terrestrial evapotranspiration over the Tibetan Plateau (1982-2018) Yaoming Ma et al. https://doi.org/10.11922/sciencedb.00020

Significantly increased evapotranspiration reveals accelerated water cycle on the Tibetan Plateau during 1982–2018 Ling Yuan et al. https://doi.org/10.11888/Terre.tpdc.271913

Short summary

Accurately monitoring and understanding the spatial–temporal variability of evapotranspiration (ET) components over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) remains difficult. Here, 37 years (1982–2018) of monthly ET component data for the TP was produced, and the data are consistent with measurements. The annual average ET for the TP was about 0.93 (± 0.037) × 10³ Gt yr⁻¹. The rate of increase of the ET was around 0.96 mm yr⁻¹. The increase in the ET can be explained by warming and wetting of the climate.