Urbanization impacts on evapotranspiration change across seven typical urban agglomerations in China.

Evaluating the differences in evapotranspiration between urban and surrounding non-urban areas (i.e., ∆ET) has critical implications for urban ecological planning and water resources management.

Assessment of climate change impact on the water footprint in rice production: Historical simulation and future projections at two representative rice cropping sites of China.

As one of the most important crops cultivated in China, rice contributes to approximately 28% of total yield. In despite of the substantial production, rice productivity is gravely affected by ongoing climate change and reduction of available water resources. Thus, assessing the responses of rice water consumption and productivity to more pronounced climate change is of great significance to water resources management in terms of relieving the resources shortage and meeting the food demand.

Periodic fluctuation of reference evapotranspiration during the past five decades: Does Evaporation Paradox really exist in China?

Evidence that the pan evaporation or reference evapotranspiration (ET) as the indicator of atmospheric evaporation capability have decreased along with the continuous increase in temperature over the past decades (coined as "evaporation paradox") has been reported worldwide. Here, we provide a nationwide investigation of spatiotemporal change of ET using meteorological data from 602 stations with the updated data (1961-2011). In addition, we explore the trigger mechanism by quantitative assessment on the contribution of climatic factors to ET change based on a differential equation method.