A Critical Evaluation of the Nonparametric Approach to Estimate Terrestrial Evaporation

Table 1

Characteristics of the reference sites.

Site name	Country	Location	Köppen climate	Dominant land cover	ET observation systems
WC06	USA	41.93N, 93.75W	Hot wet summer/cold wet winter	Cropland (corn)	Eddy covariance
Yingke	China	38.85N, 100.41E	Hot summer/cold winter/dry year-round	Cropland (corn)	Eddy covariance
Tiger Bush; Site	Niger	13.19N, 2.24E	Hot and dry year-round	Bare soil	Bowen system