Reference Evapotranspiration Changes: Sensitivities to and Contributions of Meteorological Factors in the Heihe River Basin of Northwestern China (1961–2014)

This paper investigates reference evapotranspiration (ET0) changes, sensitivities to and contributions of meteorological factors in the Heihe River Basin (arid and inland region). Results show that annual ET0 over the whole basin has increasing trend (2.01 mm·10 yr−2) and there are significant incre...

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Main Authors: Chaoyang Du, Jingjie Yu, Ping Wang, Yichi Zhang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4143580
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description This paper investigates reference evapotranspiration (ET0) changes, sensitivities to and contributions of meteorological factors in the Heihe River Basin (arid and inland region). Results show that annual ET0 over the whole basin has increasing trend (2.01 mm·10 yr−2) and there are significant increasing spatial variations from the upper (753 mm yr−1) to the lower (1553 mm yr−1) regions. Sensitivity analysis indicates that relative humidity is the most sensitive factor for seasonal and annual ET0 change, and the influence is negative. The sensitivity of minimum temperature is the weakest and negative. Contribution analysis shows that the main contributors to ET0 changes are aerodynamic factors rather than radiative factors. This study could be helpful to understand the response of ecoenvironment to the meteorological factors changes in the Heihe River Basin.
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spelling doaj-art-ef929873ec9343c9a4e1f36153f36f242025-08-20T03:21:19ZengWileyAdvances in Meteorology1687-93091687-93172016-01-01201610.1155/2016/41435804143580Reference Evapotranspiration Changes: Sensitivities to and Contributions of Meteorological Factors in the Heihe River Basin of Northwestern China (1961–2014)Chaoyang Du0Jingjie Yu1Ping Wang2Yichi Zhang3Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaKey Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaKey Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaKey Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, ChinaThis paper investigates reference evapotranspiration (ET0) changes, sensitivities to and contributions of meteorological factors in the Heihe River Basin (arid and inland region). Results show that annual ET0 over the whole basin has increasing trend (2.01 mm·10 yr−2) and there are significant increasing spatial variations from the upper (753 mm yr−1) to the lower (1553 mm yr−1) regions. Sensitivity analysis indicates that relative humidity is the most sensitive factor for seasonal and annual ET0 change, and the influence is negative. The sensitivity of minimum temperature is the weakest and negative. Contribution analysis shows that the main contributors to ET0 changes are aerodynamic factors rather than radiative factors. This study could be helpful to understand the response of ecoenvironment to the meteorological factors changes in the Heihe River Basin.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4143580
spellingShingle Chaoyang Du
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Ping Wang
Yichi Zhang
Reference Evapotranspiration Changes: Sensitivities to and Contributions of Meteorological Factors in the Heihe River Basin of Northwestern China (1961–2014)
Advances in Meteorology
title Reference Evapotranspiration Changes: Sensitivities to and Contributions of Meteorological Factors in the Heihe River Basin of Northwestern China (1961–2014)
title_full Reference Evapotranspiration Changes: Sensitivities to and Contributions of Meteorological Factors in the Heihe River Basin of Northwestern China (1961–2014)
title_fullStr Reference Evapotranspiration Changes: Sensitivities to and Contributions of Meteorological Factors in the Heihe River Basin of Northwestern China (1961–2014)
title_full_unstemmed Reference Evapotranspiration Changes: Sensitivities to and Contributions of Meteorological Factors in the Heihe River Basin of Northwestern China (1961–2014)
title_short Reference Evapotranspiration Changes: Sensitivities to and Contributions of Meteorological Factors in the Heihe River Basin of Northwestern China (1961–2014)
title_sort reference evapotranspiration changes sensitivities to and contributions of meteorological factors in the heihe river basin of northwestern china 1961 2014
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4143580
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