Evaluation of Potential Evapotranspiration Based on CMADS Reanalysis Dataset over China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data and Study Area
2.2. Penman–Monteith Equation for Potential Evapotranspiration
2.3. Evaluation Method
3. Results
3.1. Spatial and Seasonal Patterns of Average Annual PET
3.2. Evaluation of the Performance with Multiple Indicators
3.3. Effect of Different Variables on the Bias in Estimation of the PET
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tian, Y.; Zhang, K.; Xu, Y.-P.; Gao, X.; Wang, J. Evaluation of Potential Evapotranspiration Based on CMADS Reanalysis Dataset over China. Water 2018, 10, 1126. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10091126
Tian Y, Zhang K, Xu Y-P, Gao X, Wang J. Evaluation of Potential Evapotranspiration Based on CMADS Reanalysis Dataset over China. Water. 2018; 10(9):1126. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10091126
Chicago/Turabian StyleTian, Ye, Kejun Zhang, Yue-Ping Xu, Xichao Gao, and Jie Wang. 2018. "Evaluation of Potential Evapotranspiration Based on CMADS Reanalysis Dataset over China" Water 10, no. 9: 1126. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10091126