Partitioning global land evapotranspiration using CMIP5 models constrained by observations

Partitioning global land evapotranspiration using CMIP5 models constrained by observations

Partitioning global land evapotranspiration using CMIP5 models constrained by observations, Published online: 29 June 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0207-9

The ratio of plant transpiration to total terrestrial evapotranspiration (T/ET) captures the role of vegetation in surface–atmosphere interactions. An emergent constraint approach strongly increases existing model T/ET estimates with implications for river flows.