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Recent studies have noted that, among the modeled estimates, large disagreements exist in the relative contributions of T, E and I to the total    E T    . As these models are often used in data assimilation environments for incorporating and extending    E T    relevant remote sensing measurements, understanding the sources of inter-model differences in    E T    components is also necessary for improving the utilization of such remote sensing measurements. This study quantifies the contributions of two key factors explaining inter-model disagreements to the uncertainty in total    E T    : (1) contribution of the local partitioning and (2) regional distribution of    E T    . The analysis is conducted by using outputs from a suite of land surface models in the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) configuration. For most of these models, transpiration is the dominant component of the    E T    partition. The results indicate that the uncertainty in local partitioning dominates the inter-model spread in modeled soil evaporation E. The inter-model differences in T are dominated by the uncertainty in the distribution of    E T    over the Eastern U.S. and the local partitioning uncertainty in the Western U.S. The results also indicate that uncertainty in the T estimates is the primary driver of total    E T    errors. 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