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Arid Land Geography ›› 2023, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (6): 857-867.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2022.476

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Temporal and spatial dynamic analysis of terrestrial evapotranspiration in China based on PML-V2 product

WEI Tao(),WANG Yunquan()   

  1. School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geoscience(Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China
  • Received:2022-09-22 Revised:2022-10-02 Online:2023-06-25 Published:2023-07-24

Abstract:

Terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) is an important process of land-atmosphere exchange and an important link in the global water migration and energy transfer system. Identifying the temporal and spatial dynamic characteristics of ET is of great significance in the study of regional water cycle and energy conversion. In this study, we compared the appropriateness of the three different ET products (GLEAM, MOD16, and PML-V2) in China using the flux data of nine tower stations in the country. We used the dataset of ET products between 2003 and 2020 to analyze the temporal and spatial dynamic characteristics of evapotranspiration in China. The results showed the following: (1) The ET products of PML-V2 is the most suitable for China. (2) On the time scale, ET gradually increased during the research period. On the spatial scale, ET exhibited an increasing tendency during 2003—2020 from northwest to southeast of China. (3) According to the Hurst index, the future ET of the whole nation is expected to show the opposite trend compared to the past. This means that ET increased in the past but is expected to decrease in the future. This study analyzed the spatiotemporal dynamic characteristics of ET in China, which could provide a reference for regional water resources utilization and optimal allocation.

Key words: evapotranspiration, appropriateness, dynamic characteristic, China