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Evaluation of water flux predictive models developed using eddy-covariance observations and machine learning: a meta-analysis
Haiyang Shi
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 (A) Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Sino-Belgian Joint Laboratory for Geo-Information, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Geping Luo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 (A) Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, 830011, China
Sino-Belgian Joint Laboratory for Geo-Information, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Olaf Hellwich
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Computer Vision & Remote Sensing, Technische Universität Berlin, 10587 Berlin, Germany
Mingjuan Xie
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 (A) Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Sino-Belgian Joint Laboratory for Geo-Information, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Chen Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 (A) Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
Yu Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 (A) Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
Yuangang Wang
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 (A) Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
Xiuliang Yuan
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China
Xiaofei Ma
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China
Wenqiang Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 (A) Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Sino-Belgian Joint Laboratory for Geo-Information, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Alishir Kurban
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 (A) Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, 830011, China
Sino-Belgian Joint Laboratory for Geo-Information, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Philippe De Maeyer
State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830011, China
College of Resources and Environment, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19 (A) Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049, China
Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Sino-Belgian Joint Laboratory for Geo-Information, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Tim Van de Voorde
Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium
Sino-Belgian Joint Laboratory for Geo-Information, Ghent 9000, Belgium
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Short summary
There have been many machine learning simulation studies based on eddy-covariance observations for water flux and evapotranspiration. We performed a meta-analysis of such studies to clarify the impact of different algorithms and predictors, etc., on the reported prediction accuracy. It can, to some extent, guide future global water flux modeling studies and help us better understand the terrestrial ecosystem water cycle.
There have been many machine learning simulation studies based on eddy-covariance observations...
