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Causes of decreased reference evapotranspiration and pan evaporation in the Jinghe River catchment, northern China

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  • Pei Wang

    (University of Tsukuba)

  • Tsutomu Yamanaka

    (University of Tsukuba)

  • Guo Yu Qiu

    (Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University)

Abstract

This study focused on the changes of reference evapotranspiration (ET0) and pan evaporation (ETpan) to study the impacts of climate change on the hydrological cycle in the Jinghe River catchment. Based on the Penman–Monteith equation, the ET0 was calculated. The temporal trend and spatial distribution of ET0 and Epan measured with a 20-cm pan were examined at the 14 stations during 1957–2005. The effects of meteorological factors on the variation of ET0 were determined by analyzing the trends in themselves with comparison between original climate and detrended climate scenarios and then their sensitivity to ET0. Both the ET0 and Epan showed remarkable decreasing trends from 1957 to 2005 and their decreasing rate was 40.9 and 17.7 mm per 10 years, respectively. Trend analysis of meteorological factors exhibited that the reduction in ET0 and ETpan was principally caused by both significant decreases in wind speed and sunshine hours. Furthermore, the decreasing trend of ET0 was mainly dominated by the significant decrease in wind speed with high sensitivity, to a less extent, by the decrease in net radiation. Although relative humidity is one of the most sensitive variables, its effect on ET0 was negligible because of its temporal constancy. The contribution of wind speed reduction to decreased ET0 has increased from 50 to 76.1%, but net radiation, by contrast, decreased from 50 to 23.9%.

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  • Pei Wang & Tsutomu Yamanaka & Guo Yu Qiu, 2012. "Causes of decreased reference evapotranspiration and pan evaporation in the Jinghe River catchment, northern China," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 1-10, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envsyd:v:32:y:2012:i:1:d:10.1007_s10669-011-9359-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s10669-011-9359-0
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    1. Pei Wang & Jingjing Ma & Juanjuan Ma & Haitao Sun & Qi Chen, 2021. "A Novel Approach for the Simulation of Reference Evapotranspiration and Its Partitioning," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-12, April.

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