Articles | Volume 26, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-1745-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-1745-2022
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06 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 06 Apr 2022

Testing a maximum evaporation theory over saturated land: implications for potential evaporation estimation

Zhuoyi Tu, Yuting Yang, and Michael L. Roderick

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Here we test a maximum evaporation theory that acknowledges the interdependence between radiation, surface temperature, and evaporation over saturated land. We show that the maximum evaporation approach recovers observed evaporation and surface temperature under non-water-limited conditions across a broad range of bio-climates. The implication is that the maximum evaporation concept can be used to predict potential evaporation that has long been a major difficulty for the hydrological community.