Ensemble of CMIP6 derived reference and potential evapotranspiration with radiative and advective components.

ABSTRACT: Assessing changes in future aridity requires an understanding of variations in the atmospheric demand for water. Such assessments are often driven by estimations of potential evapotranspiration (ET_P) and/or reference evapotranspiration (ET₀), yet no comprehensive and validated estimate of these climate metrics exists to date from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6). Here we describe the development and validation of a published dataset of global monthly estimates of the Penman-Monteith derived ET₀, its advective and radiation components, Priestley-Taylor derived ET_P, and vapor pressure deficit from 16 CMIP6 projections and four emissions scenarios. Historical validation of the ensemble of CMIP6 evaporative demand shows general agr

SUBMITTER: Bjarke N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10300003 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature