Research Article

Wind Speed-Independent Two-Source Energy Balance Model Based on a Theoretical Trapezoidal Relationship between Land Surface Temperature and Fractional Vegetation Cover for Evapotranspiration Estimation

Table 5

Sensitivity Si (%) of LE estimates to each input.

Variations (K/%)−20 (−2)−15 (−1.5)−10 (−1)−5 (−0.5)5 (0.5)10 (1)15 (1.5)20 (2)

Tr15.912.18.14.1−4.2−8.5−12.8−17.2
Ta−22.7−16.6−10.8−5.35.19.914.518.9
α5.33.92.61.3−1.3−2.6−3.9−5.1
rh3.72.92.01.0−1.1−2.4−3.7−5.2
EVI−4.5−3.2−2.0−0.90.81.31.71.9
ε6.24.63.01.5−1.5−3.0−4.4−5.8
Gf3−2.5−1.9−1.3−0.60.71.32.02.7
Gf42.72.11.40.7−0.8−1.7−2.6−3.5
α1−0.3−0.2−0.1−0.10.10.10.20.3
α20.10.00.00.00.00.00.0−0.1
α3−1.9−1.4−1.0−0.50.51.01.52.0
α41.91.51.00.5−0.5−1.1−1.7−2.3
z0mc−0.6−0.4−0.3−0.10.10.30.40.5
h0.20.10.10.1−0.1−0.3−0.4−0.4
rcm0.20.20.10.1−0.1−0.1−0.2−0.3
rcx−0.2−0.1−0.10.00.00.00.10.1

Variations of Tr and Ta in K and other variables in percentage (%).