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contributor authorBerg, Alexis
contributor authorSheffield, Justin
date accessioned2019-10-05T06:42:06Z
date available2019-10-05T06:42:06Z
date copyright3/14/2019 12:00:00 AM
date issued2019
identifier otherJCLI-D-18-0583.1.pdf
identifier urihttp://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl1/handle/yetl/4263144
description abstractAbstractEvapotranspiration (ET) is a key process affecting terrestrial hydroclimate, as it modulates the land surface carbon, energy, and water budgets. Evapotranspiration mainly consists of the sum of three components: plant transpiration, soil evaporation, and canopy interception. Here we investigate how the partitioning of ET into these three main components is represented in CMIP5 model simulations of present and future climate. A large spread exists between models in the simulated mean present-day partitioning; even the ranking of the different components in the global mean differs between models. Differences in the simulation of the vegetation leaf area index appear to be an important cause of this spread. Although ET partitioning is not accurately known globally, existing global estimates suggest that CMIP5 models generally underestimate the relative contribution of transpiration. Differences in ET partitioning lead to differences in climate characteristics over land, such as land?atmosphere fluxes and near-surface air temperature. On the other hand, CMIP5 models simulate robust patterns of future changes in ET partitioning under global warming, notably a marked contrast between decreased transpiration and increased soil evaporation in the tropics, whereas transpiration and evaporation both increase at higher latitudes and both decrease in the dry subtropics. Idealized CMIP5 simulations from a subset of models show that the decrease in transpiration in the tropics largely reflects the stomatal closure effect of increased atmospheric CO2 on plants (despite increased vegetation from CO2 fertilization), whereas changes at higher latitudes are dominated by radiative CO2 effects, with warming and increased precipitation leading to vegetation increase and simultaneous (absolute) increases in all three ET components.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleEvapotranspiration Partitioning in CMIP5 Models: Uncertainties and Future Projections
typeJournal Paper
journal volume32
journal issue10
journal titleJournal of Climate
identifier doi10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0583.1
journal fristpage2653
journal lastpage2671
treeJournal of Climate:;2019:;volume 032:;issue 010
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