Abstract
To resolve uncertainties in evapotranspiration (ET) estimates caused by the retrieval error of remotely sensed data, this study develops an evaporative fraction (EF) parameterization based on surface energy balance and the assumption of generally invariant EF during the daytime. EF is deduced as a function of temporal change of surface temperatures, temporal change of air temperature, temporal change of net radiation, and fractional vegetation cover. The EF parameterization is evaluated by the simulated data from a soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer model with a coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.786 and a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.117. When the EF parameterization is used to estimate the daily ET of the Yucheng station in North China by in situ measurements, the estimated results are acceptable with an RMSE of 0.7 mm (relative RMSE of 25%) and an R2 of 0.837.
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