Potential evaporation trends over land between 1983–2008: driven by radiative fluxes or vapour-pressure deficit?
We model the Penman potential evaporation (PE) over all land areas of the globe for the 25-yr period 1983–2008, relying on radiation transfer models (RTMs) for the shortwave and longwave fluxes. Penman's PE is determined by two factors: available energy for evaporation and ground to atmosphere...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2011-08-01
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Series: | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
Online Access: | http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/11/7601/2011/acp-11-7601-2011.pdf |