Table 1 Comparing the estimated (average from simulations 1 and 2) percentage of soil evaporation (Es) corresponding to total evapotranspiration (ET) to the measured percentage obtained from 12 field experiments.

From: Multi-decadal trends in global terrestrial evapotranspiration and its components

Site

Lat.

Long.

E s /ET (Measured)

E s /ET (Estimated)

Land cover type

Reference

Year length

Santa Rita Experimental Range (USA)

31.91

−110.84

58

42

Shrub

Cavanaugh et al. (2011)47

1

Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed (USA)

31.74

−110.05

53

54

Shrub

Cavanaugh et al. (2011)47

1

Oak Ridge (USA)

35.96

−84.29

16

16

Forest

Wilson (2001)48

3

Steinkreuz catchment (Germany)

49.87

10.47

10

20

Forest

Kostner (2011)49

5

Luan Cheng (China)

37.88

114.68

30

28

Cropland

Liu et al. (2002)50

5

Oerst Forests (New Zealand)

−42.22

172.25

10

9

Forest

Kelliher et al. (1992)51

1

Sultana Vineyard (Australia)

−34.22

142.03

43

46

Vineyard

Yunusa et al. (2004)52

2

Punjab Agricultural University (India)

30.93

75.87

39

23

Cropland

Balwinder et al. (2011)53

2

Yang Ling (China)

34.33

108.40

30

21

Cropland

Kang et al. (2003)54

10

lower coastal plain, North Carolina (USA)

35.80

−76.67

14

24

Forest

Domec et al. (2012)55

3

Norunda Common (Sweden)

60.08

17.05

13

16

Forest

Constaintin et al. (1999)56

2

Menglun Forest Reserve, Yunnan (China)

21.93

101.27

4

6

Tropical Forest

Liu et al. (2006)57

2