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Changing characteristics and attribution analysis of potential evapotranspiration in the Huang–Huai–Hai River Basin, China

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Evapotranspiration is a key component of the hydrological cycle. It is important to understand the features of the variation of potential evapotranspiration and the impacts of its drivers to estimate regional water consumption. The Huang–Huai–Hai (HHH) River Basin is comprised of three major rivers (the Yellow, Huai and Hai) and has been threatened by water shortages and huge consumption of water for agricultural and industrial development. In this study of the Huang–Huai–Hai (HHH) River Basin, potential evapotranspiration (E 0) across the basin was calculated using the Penman–Monteith model, and their changing characteristics were detected by using the Mann–Kendall test. The test was based on the daily climatic variables from 1965 to 2014 at 175 meteorological gauges. In addition, the influential effect of net radiation (R n), relative humidity (RHU), wind speed (WIN), mean, maximum and minimum air temperature (T a, T max and T min) on E 0 were analyzed by using the climate elasticity method, with their relative contribution to the changes of E 0 quantitatively revealed by using the multiple linear regression method. The results showed that R n, WIN, RHU and T a are the predominant climatic predictors that are more influential to E 0 while T max and T min have the least impact. The increase in annual E 0 in the period of 1985–2014 in the HHH River Basin was mainly attributed to the significantly increasing T a, which may greatly offset the effect of decreasing WIN and R n. The decrease of annual E 0 in the period of 1965–2014 in the middle area of the basin was mainly attributed to the falling WIN and R n.

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Acknowledgments

This study has been financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Programs of China (Grants: 2016YFA0601501, 2017YFC0404401, 2017YFA0605002), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants: 41830863, 51879162, 51879164), and the Belt and Road Fund on Water and Sustainability of the State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering (Grant No. 2019nkzd02).

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  1. College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, China

    Xiaoxiang Guan, Jianyun Zhang & Guoqing Wang

  2. Research Center for Climate Change, Ministry of Water Resources, Nanjing, 210029, China

    Xiaoxiang Guan, Jianyun Zhang & Guoqing Wang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanjing, 210029, China

    Jianyun Zhang & Guoqing Wang

  4. School of Resources and Environment, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, China

    Qinli Yang

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Guan, X., Zhang, J., Yang, Q. et al. Changing characteristics and attribution analysis of potential evapotranspiration in the Huang–Huai–Hai River Basin, China. Meteorol Atmos Phys 133, 97–108 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-020-00741-6

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