Attributing Evapotranspiration Changes with an Extended Budyko Framework Considering Glacier Changes in a Cryospheric-Dominated Watershed
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Methods
2.3.1. Water Balance and Budyko Framework
2.3.2. Extended Budyko Framework
2.3.3. Sensitivity Analysis
2.3.4. Contribution Analysis of ET Change
3. Results
3.1. Variations of ET, P, ET0, and ∆W
3.2. Sensitivity of ET to Environmental Variables
3.3. Attribution Analysis of ET Change
4. Discussion
4.1. Performances of the Budyko Framework Considering Glaciers
4.2. Relationship between the Parameter w and NDVI
4.3. Uncertainty Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Chang, Y.; Ding, Y.; Zhao, Q.; Zhang, S. Attributing Evapotranspiration Changes with an Extended Budyko Framework Considering Glacier Changes in a Cryospheric-Dominated Watershed. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 558. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15030558
Chang Y, Ding Y, Zhao Q, Zhang S. Attributing Evapotranspiration Changes with an Extended Budyko Framework Considering Glacier Changes in a Cryospheric-Dominated Watershed. Remote Sensing. 2023; 15(3):558. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15030558
Chicago/Turabian StyleChang, Yaping, Yongjian Ding, Qiudong Zhao, and Shiqiang Zhang. 2023. "Attributing Evapotranspiration Changes with an Extended Budyko Framework Considering Glacier Changes in a Cryospheric-Dominated Watershed" Remote Sensing 15, no. 3: 558. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15030558