Evapotranspiration of a tropical rain forest in Xishuangbanna, southwest China

Abstract The eddy covariance flux measurements from 2003 to 2006 at a tropical rain forest site in Xishuangbanna, southwest China, were used to study the ecosystem evapotranspiration (ET). During the four study years, the mean annual precipitation and air temperature were slightly lower than their long‐term averages (1322 vs 1487 mm and 20·1 vs 21·7 °C, respectively). Mean annual ET in the four study years was estimated at 1029 mm, accounted …