TY - JOUR
T1 - Evapotranspiration in Northern Eurasia: Impact of forcing uncertainties on terrestrial ecosystem model estimates
AU - Liu, Y.
AU - Zhuang, Q.
AU - Pan, Z.
AU - Gonzalez Miralles, D.
AU - Kicklighter, D.
AU - Zhu, Q.
AU - He, Y.
AU - Niyogi, D.
AU - Chen, J.
AU - Tchebakova, N.
AU - Sirin, A.
AU - Melillo, J.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Abstract The ecosystems in Northern Eurasia (NE) play an important role in the global water cycle and the climate system. While evapotranspiration (ET) is a critical variable to understand this role, ET over this region remains largely unstudied. Using an improved version of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model with five widely used forcing data sets, we examine the impact that uncertainties in climate forcing data have on the magnitude, variability, and dominant climatic drivers of ET for the period 1979-2008. Estimates of regional average ET vary in the range of 241.4-335.7 mm yr
AB - Abstract The ecosystems in Northern Eurasia (NE) play an important role in the global water cycle and the climate system. While evapotranspiration (ET) is a critical variable to understand this role, ET over this region remains largely unstudied. Using an improved version of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model with five widely used forcing data sets, we examine the impact that uncertainties in climate forcing data have on the magnitude, variability, and dominant climatic drivers of ET for the period 1979-2008. Estimates of regional average ET vary in the range of 241.4-335.7 mm yr
U2 - 10.1002/2014JD022531
DO - 10.1002/2014JD022531
M3 - Article
SN - 2169-897X
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres
JF - Journal of Geophysical Research. Atmospheres
IS - 120
ER -
