Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 24, issue 8
Articles | Volume 24, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4189-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4189-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 24, issue 8
Research article
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27 Aug 2020
Research article |  | 27 Aug 2020

Data-driven estimates of evapotranspiration and its controls in the Congo Basin

Michael W. Burnett, Gregory R. Quetin, and Alexandra G. Konings

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Water that evaporates from Africa's tropical forests provides rainfall throughout the continent. However, there are few sources of meteorological data in central Africa, so we use observations from satellites to estimate evaporation from the Congo Basin at different times of the year. We find that existing evaporation estimates in tropical Africa do not accurately capture seasonal variations in evaporation and that fluctuations in soil moisture and solar radiation drive evaporation rates.
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