Spatial variability of global lake evaporation regulated by vertical vapor pressure difference
Spatial variability of global lake evaporation regulated by vertical vapor pressure difference
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DOI:
10.1088/1748-9326/ac614b
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发表时间:
2022-03
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Umar Farooq;Heping Liu;Qianyu Zhang;Yulong Ma;Jingfeng Wang;Lian Shen
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作者:
Umar Farooq;Heping Liu;Qianyu Zhang;Yulong Ma;Jingfeng Wang;Lian Shen
Evaporation (E) from about 300 million lakes worldwide without plant physiological constraints directly reflects hydrological response to atmospheric forcings. However, it remains inadequately understood about what regulate spatial variability of global lake E across seasons. Here we show that vertical vapor pressure difference ( eD ) accounts for 66% of the spatial variability of annual E, followed by wind speed (16%). The eD is also the predominant factor modulating diurnal variability in E and causing greater E at night than during the daytime. As a consequence, spatial variability in nighttime E strongly regulates that in global E across seasons. Therefore, the observed widespread, heterogeneous changes in lake surface temperature that imply spatial variability in eD may have contributed to changes in global E variability.