Uncertainty in the estimation of potential evapotranspiration under climate change

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Oct 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3620403k&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 20, CiteID L20403

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Hydrology: Evapotranspiration, Atmospheric Processes: Climate Change And Variability (1616, 1635, 3309, 4215, 4513), Hydrology: Water Budgets, Hydrology: Hydroclimatology, Hydrology: Hydrological Cycles And Budgets (1218, 1655)

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21st century climate change is projected to result in an intensification of the global hydrological cycle, but there is substantial uncertainty in how this will impact freshwater availability. A relatively overlooked aspect of this uncertainty pertains to how different methods of estimating potential evapotranspiration (PET) respond to changing climate. Here we investigate the global response of six different PET methods to a 2°C rise in global mean temperature. All methods suggest an increase in PET associated with a warming climate. However, differences in PET climate change signal of over 100% are found between methods. Analysis of a precipitation/PET aridity index and regional water surplus indicates that for certain regions and GCMs, choice of PET method can actually determine the direction of projections of future water resources. As such, method dependence of the PET climate change signal is an important source of uncertainty in projections of future freshwater availability.

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