Table 3 Trends (mm year⁻²) in ET and its components (average from simulations 1 and 2) obtained using observed LAI time series and those obtained (average from simulations 3 and 4) using the detrended LAI across globe and each continent.

	LAI inputs	Global	Africa	Asia	Australia	Europe	North America	South America
ET	Trended	0.54^**	0.30ⁿ	0.41ⁿ	1.24ⁿ	1.99^**	0.32ⁿ	0.40ⁿ
	Detrended	0.05ⁿ	−0.08ⁿ	−0.05ⁿ	0.55ⁿ	1.15^**	0.02ⁿ	−0.29ⁿ
	Difference	0.49	0.38	0.46	0.69	0.84	0.30	0.69
E_t	Trended	0.72^**	0.14ⁿ	0.78^**	0.75ⁿ	2.15^**	0.65^**	0.87^*
	Detrended	0.01ⁿ	−0.44^*	0.14ⁿ	−0.15^**	0.99^**	0.22ⁿ	−0.22ⁿ
	Difference	0.71	0.57	0.64	0.90	1.16	0.43	1.09
E_s	Trended	−0.32^**	0.04ⁿ	−0.53^**	0.40ⁿ	−0.33^*	−0.37^**	−0.68^**
	Detrended	−0.02ⁿ	0.28ⁿ	−0.28^*	0.66 ⁿ	0.17ⁿ	−0.19ⁿ	−0.12ⁿ
	Difference	−0.30	−0.24	−0.25	−0.26	−0.50	−0.18	−0.56
E_i	Trended	0.14^**	0.12^**	0.16^**	0.09 ⁿ	0.17^**	0.04ⁿ	0.21^*
	Detrended	0.06ⁿ	0.07ⁿ	0.10^*	0.05ⁿ	−0.02ⁿ	−0.01ⁿ	0.05ⁿ
	Difference	0.08	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.19	0.05	0.15

The symbols ^**, ^* and ⁿ denote significance level 1–α = 99% (p < 0.01), 1–α = 95% (p < 0.05), and not significant (p > 0.05), respectively. The “Difference” is calculated as “Trended” minus “Detrended”.

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