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Monitoring the variations of evapotranspiration due to land use/cover change in a semiarid shrubland
Tingting Gong
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of
Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of
Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Dawen Yang
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of
Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Yang Jiao
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of
Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Hanbo Yang
State Key Laboratory of Hydroscience and Engineering, Department of
Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Short summary
Seasonal and inter-annual features of ET were analyzed over four periods. A normalization method was adopted to exclude the effects of potential evapotranspiration and soil water stress on ET. During the land degradation process, when natural vegetation (including leaves and branches), sand dunes, dry sand layers, and BSCs were all bulldozed, ET was observed to increase at a mild rate. In a vegetation rehabilitation process with sufficient groundwater, ET also increased at a faster rate.
Seasonal and inter-annual features of ET were analyzed over four periods. A normalization method...
