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However, cloud cover interferes with ET estimates, in particular when using thermal-infrared-based models in temperate and tropical regions. Previous studies have shown that the two-source energy balance (TSEB) model coupled with soil moisture (TSEB-SM) has great potential for estimating surface ET by overcoming this issue. In this study, the TSEB-SM model was first used to generate a spatiotemporally continuous 1 km daily ET dataset across the Heihe River Basin in China from 2000 to 2020, which was then evaluated against four spatially distributed sites (Arou, Huazhaizi, Daman, and Sidaoqiao) and further compared with the two most widely used daily ET datasets (PML-V2 (Penman\u2013Monteith\u2013Leuning) and SEBAL (surface energy balance algorithm for land)). The results showed that the newly developed ET dataset agrees well with ground-based observations and outperforms the PML-V2 and SEBAL products in precisely characterizing the seasonal fluctuations and spatial distribution as well as the spatiotemporal trends of ET. In particular, ET in the Heihe River Basin exhibits clear regional differences. The upstream and midstream grassland and irrigated oasis areas provide much higher annual ET than the downstream desert areas, with a difference of up to 600 mm\/year. A three-cornered hat (TCH)-based pixel-by-pixel analysis further demonstrated that the TSEB-SM and PML-V2 products have substantially smaller relative uncertainties as compared to SEBAL ET. In general, the proposed ET datasets are expected to be more beneficial for irrigation scheduling and to provide more efficient water management across the Heihe River Basin.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs16030462","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,25]],"date-time":"2024-01-25T06:54:12Z","timestamp":1706165652000},"page":"462","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Simulation and Assessment of Daily Evapotranspiration in the Heihe River Basin over a Long Time Series Based on TSEB-SM"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Sinuo","family":"Tao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"}]},{"given":"Lisheng","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China"}]},{"given":"Gengle","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7624-8860","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Long","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geographical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"951","DOI":"10.1038\/nature09396","article-title":"Recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply","volume":"467","author":"Jung","year":"2010","journal-title":"Nature"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"347","DOI":"10.1038\/nature11983","article-title":"Terrestrial water fluxes dominated by transpiration","volume":"496","author":"Jasechko","year":"2013","journal-title":"Nature"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"311","DOI":"10.1175\/2008BAMS2634.1","article-title":"Earth\u2019s global energy budget","volume":"90","author":"Trenberth","year":"2009","journal-title":"Bull. 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