Online-only Table 1 Data organization and descriptions of T/ET, T and ET datasets of China during 1981 to 2015.

Annual

Annual_T_ET.nc

Name: Ratio of transpiration to evapotranspiration

Type: Validation

Temporal resolution: Annual

All sites: R² = 0.73

Unit: unitless

RMSE = 0.07 (12.41%)

Range: 0 – 1

Forest Sites: R² = 0.55

Scale: 1.0

RMSE = 0.08 (13.63%)

Fill value: -9999

Non-forest sites: R² = 0.85

Missing value: -9999

RMSE = 0.06 (11.41%)

Annual_T.nc

Name: Transpiration

Type: Calibration

Temporal resolution: Annual

All sites: R² = 0.63

Unit: mm m^-2 a^-1

RMSE = 68.12 (36.80%)

Range: > 0

Forest Sites: R² = 0.65

Scale: 1.0

RMSE = 75.96 (41.77%)

Fill value: -9999

Non-forest sites: R² = 0.69

Missing value: -9999

RMSE = 72.46 (37.60%)

Annual_ET.nc

Name: Evapotranspiration

Type: Calibration

Temporal resolution: Annual

All sites: R² = 0.71

Unit: mm m^-2 a^-1

RMSE = 153.57 (26.21%)

Valid Range: > 0

Forest Sites: R² = 0.68

Scale Factor: 1.0

RMSE = 147.27 (25.14%)

No data value: -9999

Non-forest sites: R² = 0.64

Missing value: -9999

RMSE = 116.12 (19.83%)

Daily

Daily_T_ET_YYYY.nc

Name: Ratio of transpiration to evapotranspiration

None

Temporal resolution: 8-day

Unit: unitless

Range: 0 – 1

Scale: 1.0

Fill value: -9999

Missing value: -9999

Daily_T_YYYY.nc

Name: Transpiration

None

Temporal resolution: 8-day

Unit: mm m^-2 day^-1

Range: > 0

Scale: 1.0

Fill value: -9999

Missing value: -9999

Daily_ET_YYYY.nc

Name: Evapotranspiration

Type: Validation

Temporal resolution: 8-day

All sites: R² = 0.75

Unit: mm m^-2 day^-1

RMSE = 0.62 (35.29%)

Range: > 0

Forest Sites: R² = 0.79

Scale: 1.0

RMSE = 0.57 (31.07%)

Fill value: -9999

Non-forest sites: R² = 0.71

Missing value: -9999

RMSE = 0.68 (40.02%)