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Remote sensing (RS) is the main method used to obtain ET data over large scales. However, owing to surface heterogeneities and different model algorithms, ET estimated from RS products with different spatial resolutions can cause significant uncertainties, whose causes need to be thoroughly analyzed. In this study, the Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) model was selected to explore spatial resolution influences on ET simulations. Three satellite datasets (Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)) were selected to independently estimate ET in SEBAL model to identify the influence of the spatial scale on ET estimation, and analyze the effects and causes of scale aggregation. Results indicated that: (1) the spatial distributions of ET estimated from the three satellite datasets were similar, with the MODIS-based ET having the largest uncertainty; and (2) aggregating input parameters had limited changes in the net radiation and soil heat fluxes. However, errors in the sensible heat and latent heat fluxes were relatively larger, which were caused by changes in the selection of hot and cold pixels and the NDVI and surface albedo parameters during scale aggregation. The scale errors caused by the model mechanisms were larger than those caused by the land use\/cover pattern in the SEBAL model. 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