Characteristics of Evapotranspiration and Crop Coefficient Correction at a Permafrost Swamp Meadow in Dongkemadi Watershed, the Source of Yangtze River in Interior Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Haonan Guo, Shaoyong Wang, Xiaobo He, Yongjian Ding, Yawei Fan, Hui Fu, Xiaofeng Hong
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: evapotranspiration; alpine swamp meadow; Eddy covariance system; crop coefficient; Eta; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w14213578

The Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP), known as the Earth’s third pole, is highly sensitive to climate change. Various environmental degradation has occurred due to the effects of climate warming such as the degradation of permafrost and the thickening of active layers. Evapotranspiration, as a key elemen...