Revisiting the contribution of transpiration to global terrestrial evapotranspiration
Yale University · Tokyo University of Science · +8 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract Even though knowing the contributions of transpiration ( T ), soil and open water evaporation ( E ), and interception ( I ) to terrestrial evapotranspiration ( ET = T + E + I ) is crucial for understanding the hydrological cycle and its connection to ecological processes, the fraction of T is unattainable by traditional measurement techniques over large scales. Previously reported global mean T /( E + T + I ) from multiple independent sources, including satellite‐based estimations, reanalysis, land surface models, and isotopic measurements, varies substantially from 24% to 90%. Here we develop a new ET partitioning algorithm, which combines global evapotranspiration estimates and relationships between…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 24.58
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 45
Authors
6- ZWZhongwang WeiCorresponding
Yale University
- KYKei Yoshimura
Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan Komaba High School, The University of Tokyo
- LWLixin Wang
University of Indianapolis, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- DGDiego G. Miralles
Ghent University, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- SJScott Jasechko
University of Calgary
Topics & keywords
- Evapotranspiration
- Transpiration
- Environmental science
- Water cycle
- Vegetation (pathology)
- Leaf area index
- Interception
- Scale (ratio)
- Climate action
Funding
- NSNational Science FoundationAwards: 1520684, AGS-1520684
- YUYale University
- MOMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and TechnologyAward: CREST
- MOMinistry of Environment
- RARaymond and Beverly Sackler Institute for Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Yale University
- CRCore Research for Evolutional Science and Technology