Modeling Evapotranspiration over China’s Landmass from 1979 to 2012 Using Multiple Land Surface Models: Evaluations and Analyses

Abstract Land surface models (LSMs) are useful tools to estimate land evapotranspiration at a grid scale and for long-term applications. Here, the Community Land Model, version 4.0 (CLM4.0); Dynamic Land Model (DLM); and Variable Infiltration Capacity model (VIC) were driven with observation-based forcing datasets, and a multiple-LSM ensemble-averaged evapotranspiration (ET) product (LSMs-ET) was developed and its …