Shifting from homogeneous to heterogeneous surfaces in estimating terrestrial evapotranspiration: Review and perspectives

Y Liu, G Qiu, H Zhang, Y Yang, Y Zhang… - Science China Earth …, 2022 - Springer
Terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) is a crucial link between Earth's water cycle and the
surface energy budget. Accurate measurement and estimation remain a major challenge in …

Urban evapotranspiration and its effects on water budget and energy balance: Review and perspectives

GY Qiu, C Yan, Y Liu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban evapotranspiration (ET) is one of the most important components of water and energy
balance, and carbon cycle in urbans. It is also a natural process that is powerful enough to …

Impacts of land use/land cover types on interactions between urban heat island effects and heat waves

Z Zou, C Yan, L Yu, X Jiang, J Ding, L Qin… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) effect is a widespread phenomenon because of increased
urbanization, making the urban thermal environment less comfortable. The UHI effect may …

Seasonal variation in vegetation cooling effect and its driving factors in a subtropical megacity

J Luo, T Xu, C Yan - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The urban heat island (UHI) effect has become a global issue, attracting widespread
attention in recent years. Urban vegetation is an effective way to mitigate UHI through …

Urbanization impacts on evapotranspiration across various spatio‐temporal scales

A Mazrooei, M Reitz, D Wang… - Earth's …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization has been shown to locally increase the nighttime temperatures creating urban
heat islands, which partly arise due to evapotranspiration (ET) reduction. It is unclear how …

Urban evapotranspiration of green spaces in arid regions through two established approaches: a review of key drivers, advancements, limitations, and potential …

R Saher, H Stephen, S Ahmad - Urban Water Journal, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Urban Evapotranspiration (ET) plays a crucial role in controlling irrigation water demand.
The estimation of urban ET is difficult because of high spatial variability of urban surfaces …

High-resolution spatio-temporal characteristics of urban evapotranspiration measured by unmanned aerial vehicle and infrared remote sensing

L Qin, C Yan, L Yu, M Chai, B Wang, M Hayat… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Evapotranspiration (ET) cooling of urban spaces is an effective and economical way to
improve the urban thermal environment. However, the distribution of urban ET rate is …

Assessing the impact of urbanization on urban evapotranspiration and its components using a novel four-source energy balance model

H Chen, JJ Huang, SS Dash, E McBean, Y Wei… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urbanization substantially changes many aspects including the regional hydrological cycle,
energy balance, and microclimate. However, the degree to which urbanization alters urban …

Using infrared thermal imaging technology to estimate the transpiration rate of citrus trees and evaluate plant water status

W Zhao, X Dong, Z Wu, C Wei, L Li, D Yu, X Fan… - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Crop transpiration is the main dissipation way of agricultural water. Accurate and effective
estimation of crop transpiration is of great significance for the study of the carbon-water cycle …

Environmental control on transpiration and its cooling effect of Ficus concinna in a subtropical city Shenzhen, southern China

M Hayat, J Xiang, C Yan, B Xiong, B Wang… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate models predict rising temperatures and more frequent and prolonged urban heat
islands (UHI) in southern China. The urban vegetations have become a focal point to …