A review of global terrestrial evapotranspiration: Observation, modeling, climatology, and climatic variability

K Wang, RE Dickinson - Reviews of Geophysics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This review surveys the basic theories, observational methods, satellite algorithms, and land
surface models for terrestrial evapotranspiration, E (or λE, ie, latent heat flux), including a …

Understanding interactions among climate, water, and vegetation with the Budyko framework

G Gan, Y Liu, G Sun - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The Budyko models provide a transparent framework for analyzing climate-catchment
interactions and therefore have been widely used to quantify the role of vegetation …

[PDF][PDF] Woody plant encroachment: causes and consequences

SR Archer, EM Andersen, KI Predick… - Rangeland systems …, 2017 - library.oapen.org
Woody vegetation in grasslands and savannas has increased worldwide over the past 100–
200 years. This phenomenon of “woody plant encroachment”(WPE) has been documented …

Global assessment of trends in wetting and drying over land

P Greve, B Orlowsky, B Mueller, J Sheffield… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the hydrological conditions of the land surface have substantial impacts
on society,. Yet assessments of observed continental dryness trends yield contradicting …

Quantifying the impacts of climate change and ecological restoration on streamflow changes based on a B udyko hydrological model in C hina's L oess P lateau

W Liang, D Bai, F Wang, B Fu, J Yan… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding hydrological effects of ecological restoration (ER) is fundamental to develop
effective measures guiding future ER and to adapt climate change in China's Loess Plateau …

Global review and synthesis of trends in observed terrestrial near-surface wind speeds: Implications for evaporation

TR McVicar, ML Roderick, RJ Donohue, LT Li… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
In a globally warming climate, observed rates of atmospheric evaporative demand have
declined over recent decades. Several recent studies have shown that declining rates of …

Estimating actual, potential, reference crop and pan evaporation using standard meteorological data: a pragmatic synthesis

TA McMahon, MC Peel, L Lowe… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2013 - hess.copernicus.org
This guide to estimating daily and monthly actual, potential, reference crop and pan
evaporation covers topics that are of interest to researchers, consulting hydrologists and …

Excessive reliance on afforestation in China's arid and semi-arid regions: Lessons in ecological restoration

S Cao, L Chen, D Shankman, C Wang, X Wang… - Earth-Science …, 2011 - Elsevier
Afforestation is a primary tool for controlling desertification and soil erosion in China. Large-
scale afforestation, however, has complex and poorly understood consequences for the …

Development of a global evapotranspiration algorithm based on MODIS and global meteorology data

Q Mu, FA Heinsch, M Zhao, SW Running - Remote sensing of Environment, 2007 - Elsevier
The objective of this research is to develop a global remote sensing evapotranspiration (ET)
algorithm based on Cleugh et al.'s [Cleugh, HA, R. Leuning, Q. Mu, SW Running (2007) …

Vegetation changes in recent large-scale ecological restoration projects and subsequent impact on water resources in China's Loess Plateau

S Li, W Liang, B Fu, Y Lü, S Fu, S Wang, H Su - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recently, relationship between vegetation activity and temperature variability has received
much attention in China. However, vegetation-induced changes in water resources through …