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How much water vapour does the Tibetan Plateau release into the atmosphere?
Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Li Jia
Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Guangcheng Hu
Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Massimo Menenti
Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Joris Timmermans
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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Short summary
Reliable quantification of the amount and variability of evapotranspiration (ET) on the Tibetan Plateau is important for understanding the regional water cycle and resources. This study compares 22 ET products and finds that the mean annual ET over the Tibetan Plateau is 333.1 mm yr-1, and most products show an increasing trend. It also finds that soil evaporation is the largest contributor to total ET and that contributions from open-water evaporation and snow/ice sublimation cannot be ignored.
Reliable quantification of the amount and variability of evapotranspiration (ET) on the Tibetan...
