Articles | Volume 24, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1055-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1055-2020
Research article
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04 Mar 2020
Research article |  | 04 Mar 2020

Evaporation from a large lowland reservoir – (dis)agreement between evaporation models from hourly to decadal timescales

Femke A. Jansen and Adriaan J. Teuling

Data sets

Uurgegevens van het weer in Nederland KNMI https://www.knmi.nl/nederland-nu/klimatologie/uurgegevens

Cabauw experimental site for atmospheric research CESAR http://www.cesar-database.nl/

Waterinfo van watertemperatuur Rijkswaterstaat https://waterinfo.rws.nl/#!/kaart/watertemperatuur/

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Short summary
We characterized the (dis)agreement between six evaporation methods from hourly to decadal timescales, focussing on the IJsselmeer region in the Netherlands. The projected changes in mean yearly water losses through evaporation between the years 2000 and 2100 range from 4 mm to 94 mm among the methods. We therefore stress that the choice of method is of great importance for water managers in their decision making.