Abstract
Evapotranspiration (ET) is the largest watershed water balance component only next to precipitation in the United States. ET is closely coupled with ecosystem carbon and energy fluxes, affects flooding or drought magnitude, and is also a good predictor for biodiversity at a regional scale.Thus, accurately estimating ET is of paramount importance to quantify the effects of land use change and climate change on watershed ecosystem services in water supply, water resources management, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity conservation.
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Citation
Sun, Ge; Sun, Shanlei; Xiao, Jingfeng; Caldwell, Peter; Amatya, Devendra; Irmak, Suat; Gowda, Prasanna H.; Panda, Sudhanshu; McNulty, Steve; Zhang, Yang. 2016. Estimating watershed evapotranspiration across the United States using multiple methods. In: Stringer, Christina E.; Krauss, Ken W.; Latimer, James S., eds. 2016. Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management -Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. March 2-5, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina. e-General Technical Report SRS-211. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 1 p.
