Advances in Earth Science ›› 2011, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (5): 538-547. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2011.05.0538
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Zhang Qiang 1,2,3, Zhang Zhixian 1,3, Wen Xiaomei 1,4, Wang Sheng 1,3
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Zhang Qiang, Zhang Zhixian, Wen Xiaomei, Wang Sheng. Comparisons of Observational Methods of Land Surface Evapotranspiration and Their Influence Factors[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2011, 26(5): 538-547.
Evapotranspiration process is the principal componet of hydrological budget on land surface and is the main form of earth system′s water consumption.However, the land surface evapotranspiration on the measurement and estimation problem has never been a very good solution. In this paper, by using the historical observation data from DIXI land surface′s comprehensive observation station in LOPEX experimental area,the annual variation and integral total amount of the land surface evapotranspiration of lysimeter, eddy correlation method, Penman method, and evaporation pan observation of four methods are compared and analyzed to find that different observational methods in measurement of evapotranspiration have quite different results. The annual variation and seasonal variation of the ratio of eddy correlation method and lysimeter、the ratio of Penman and pan,as well as the ratio of Penman method and lysimeter method are studied. At the same time, the ralation of the ratio of the different methods and local micrometeorological characteristics are discussed.