A Budyko framework for estimating how spatial heterogeneity and lateral moisture redistribution affect average evapotranspiration rates as seen from the atmosphere

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-217-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-217-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

Research article

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11 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 11 Jan 2017

Elham Rouholahnejad Freund and James W. Kirchner

Data sets

Hole-filled SRTM for the globe Version 4, available from the CGIAR-CSI SRTM 90m Database A. Jarvis, H. I. Reuter, A. Nelson, and E. Guevara http://www.cgiar-csi.org/data/srtm-90m-digital-elevation-database-v4-1

MODIS Global Evapotranspiration Project (MOD16) Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group http://www.ntsg.umt.edu/project/mod16

WorldClim 1.4: Current conditions (~1960-1990) WorldClim - Global Climate Data http://www.worldclim.org/current

Short summary

Our analysis shows that averaging over sub-grid heterogeneity in precipitation and potential...