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http://dx.doi.org/10.5532/KJAFM.2010.12.4.298

Evaluation of Evapotranspiration Estimation using Korea Land Data Assimilation System  

Lim, Yoon-Jin (Department of Atmospheric Sciences/Global Environment Laboratory, Yonsei University)
Byun, Kun-Young (Department of Atmospheric Sciences/Global Environment Laboratory, Yonsei University)
Lee, Tae-Young (Department of Atmospheric Sciences/Global Environment Laboratory, Yonsei University)
Kim, Joon (Department of Atmospheric Sciences/Global Environment Laboratory, Yonsei University)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.12, no.4, 2010 , pp. 298-306 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we evaluated the performance of Korea Land Data Assimilation System (KLDAS) for the estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) by comparing the modeled against the observed ET at Gwangneung deciduous forest of KoFlux site (GDK) from 2006 to 2008. Although the magnitudes of ET by KLDAS overestimated the observed ET, the seasonal patterns of KLDAS ET were comparable with the correlation coefficient of 0.78. The difference between the KLDAS ET and the observed ET was larger in spring and summer due to rapid plant growth and frequent rainfalls with high cloud cover, respectively. Compared to the ET estimated by NASA Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) with $0.25^{\circ}$ and $1^{\circ}$ resolution, the ET by KLDAS with 10 km resolution showed better agreement with the observation at the GDK site. Albeit further improvement is necessary, our results suggest that KLADS can be used as a practical tool to map ET and to examine its spatiotemporal variability over the Korean Peninsula.
Keywords
Evapotranspiration; Korea Land Data Assimilation System; Trend of evapotranspiration;
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