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PML V2 ET

Datasets: MODIS PML V2 Gridded ET 8-day composite

Description: The Penman-Monteith-Leuning Evapotranspiration V2 (PML_V2) products include evapotranspiration (ET), its three components, and gross primary product (GPP) at 500m and 8-day resolution during 2002-2017 and with spatial range from -60°S to 90°N. The major advantages of the PML_V2 products are: coupled estimates of transpiration and GPP via canopy conductance (Gan et al., 2018; Zhang et al., 2019), partitioning ET into three components: transpiration from vegetation, direct evaporation from the soil and vaporization of intercepted rainfall from vegetation (Zhang et al., 2016).

Organization: PML V2

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Spatial resolution: 500-m grid (1/48-deg)

Time Span: 2002 to 2017 (currently not updated)

Variables:

  • GPP: Gross primary product
  • Ec: Vegetation transpiration
  • Es: Soil evaporation
  • Ei: Interception from vegetation canopy
  • Actual Evapotranspiration - computed in Climate Engine as the sum of Ec+Ei+Es

Terms of Use:

  • Acknowledgements
    • Whenever PML datasets are used in a scientific publication, the given references should be cited.
  • License

References:

  • Zhang, Y., Kong, D., Gan, R., Chiew, F.H.S., McVicar, T.R., Zhang, Q., and Yang, Y., 2019. Coupled estimation of 500m and 8-day resolution global evapotranspiration and gross primary production in 2002-2017. Remote Sens. Environ. 222, 165-182, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.12.031
  • Gan, R., Zhang, Y.Q., Shi, H., Yang, Y.T., Eamus, D., Cheng, L., Chiew, F.H.S., Yu, Q., 2018. Use of satellite leaf area index estimating evapotranspiration and gross assimilation for Australian ecosystems. Ecohydrology, https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1974
  • Zhang, Y., Peña-Arancibia, J.L., McVicar, T.R., Chiew, F.H.S., Vaze, J., Liu, C., Lu, X., Zheng, H., Wang, Y., Liu, Y.Y., Miralles, D.G., Pan, M., 2016. Multi-decadal trends in global terrestrial evapotranspiration and its components. Sci. Rep. 6, 19124. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep19124

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