1960-2005年新疆地区蒸发皿蒸发与实际蒸发之间的关系

Pan evaporation,an indictor of potential evaporation,has decreased during the last several decades in many parts of the world;the trend is contrary to the expectation that the increase of actual evaporation will accompany global warming,known as the pan evaporation paradox.What is the essential relationship between pan evaporation and actual evaporation? This is still an uncertain problem.In this paper,the trends of pan evaporation and actual evaporation are investigated using observational data and observation-constrained simulation results using NCAR Community Land Model(CLM) in Xinjiang from 1960 to 2005.Our analysis suggests that the decreasing trend of annual pan evaporation accompanies the increasing trend of annual actual evaporation,the tendencies of them both have statistical significance(at 99% level and at 95% level,respectively).We also find that there is the same turning point in precipitation,pan evaporation and actual evaporation of 1986,and either before the point or after,pan evaporation has inverse trend comparing with actual evaporation and precipitation.The above analysis indicates that pan evaporation and actual evaporation have complementary relationship.These results support the issue of evaporation paradox described by Brutsaert and Parlange(1998) and suggest that decrease of pan evaporation indicates an increase of actual evaporation in Xinjiang in the past half century.The correlation analysis shows that diurnal temperature range(DTR),wind speed,low cloud cover and precipitation are the most likely driving forces for the reduced pan evaporation and the ascending actual evaporation.     

1960 年以来新疆地区蒸发皿蒸发与实际蒸发之间的关系

利用中国新疆地区1960-2005 年109 个设有蒸发皿蒸发观测的常规气象站资料, 并结 合不同驱动场和不同陆面模式的模拟结果, 对蒸发皿蒸发及模拟的实际蒸发的年、各个季节 的变化及其它们的相互联系进行了详细的分析和讨论。结果发现, 在过去的46 年里, 年蒸发 皿蒸发总体上都表现为明显的下降趋势, 而实际蒸发在总体上显著上升, 与蒸发皿蒸发的变 化趋势相反。在80 年代中后期, 蒸发皿蒸发、实际蒸发和降水的转折点(1986 年) 一致, 进 一步说就是无论在转折点的前后, 降水增加的转折性变化与模拟的实际蒸发的转折性增加变 化一致, 而与蒸发皿蒸发减小的转折性变化相反, 这表明, 在新疆地区, 蒸发皿蒸发和实际 蒸散之间具有相反的变化关系, 这支持Brutsaert and Parlange 提出的蒸发皿蒸发和实际蒸散 之间具有互补相关关系(变化趋势相反) 的理论。分析气温、降水、湿度、云量和日照时数等 环境变量的变化趋势发现： 降水、云量等表征大气中水分特征的变量表现为明显的上升趋势, 这也间接的证明了蒸发皿蒸发和实际蒸散之间存在相反的关系, 而与各个环境变量之间相关 系数的分析则表明, 气温日较差、风速、低云量和降水是与蒸发皿蒸发和实际蒸发关系最紧 密的环境因子, 它们的变化可能是导致蒸发皿蒸发和蒸散量变化的原因。     

新疆地区蒸发皿蒸发量变化及基于小波的周期分析

Φ20 cm和E₆₀₁型蒸发皿在新疆均有使用,但两种数据序列自观测开始至今均不完整,尤其自2003年以后数据未进行整合和校正,使得对蒸发皿蒸发量数据的使用和深入分析受到限制。本研究基于Φ20 cm （E₂₀）和E₆₀₁型蒸发皿蒸发量（E₆₀₁）的共同观测期数据,选取新疆地区57个气象站,分析4~10月E₂₀和E₆₀₁的换算系数K。以数据序列较长的喀什（隶属南疆）和塔城站（北疆）为例,分析了逐日和逐月尺度下K的变化,并将各月K值用于两个典型站2003-2016年期间4月1日~9月30日E₂₀的估算,得出1961-2016年完整的日E₂₀序列。进一步基于复Morlet小波函数对月及年尺度E₂₀的波谱特性和周期变化进行了分析,结果表明：（1）新疆地区E₂₀和E₆₀₁的换算系数在4~10月期间具有较大的空间差异,南疆K值较北疆大。（2）喀什和塔城站插补后完整的1961-2016年期间日E₂₀序列具有以年为周期的典型变化,月E₂₀在7月最大,年E₂₀均具有明显的增加趋势;日、月及年尺度下喀什站E₂₀均高于塔城站。（3）两站点1~12月E₂₀的主周期和准周期具有2~16 a的波动,年E₂₀的主周期均为7 a,喀什站准周期为3 a和6 a,塔城站准周期为2 a和4 a。本研究可为新疆地区蒸发量序列的插补及进一步应用提供参考。     

青藏高原蒸发皿蒸发量时空变化特征及其成因的定量分析(英文)

Despite the observed increase in global temperature, observed pan evaporation in many regions has been decreasing over the past 50 years, which is known as the "pan evaporation paradox". The "pan evaporation paradox" also exists in the Tibetan Plateau, where pan evaporation has decreased by 3.06 mm a-2 (millimeter per annum). It is necessary to explain the mechanisms behind the observed decline in pan evaporation because the Tibetan Plateau strongly influences climatic and environmental changes in China, Asia and even in the Northern Hemisphere. In this paper, a derivation based approach has been used to quantitatively assess the contribution rate of climate factors to the observed pan evaporation trend across the Tibetan Plateau. The results showed that, provided the other factors remain constant, the increasing temperature should have led to a 2.73 mm a-2 increase in pan evaporation annually, while change in wind speed, vapor pressure and solar radiation should have led to a decrease in pan evaporation by 2.81 mm a-2, 1.96 mm a-2 and 1.11 mm a-2 respectively from 1970 to 2005. The combined effects of the four climate variables have resulted in a 3.15 mm a-2 decrease in pan evaporation, which is close to the observed pan evaporation trend with a relative error of 2.94%. A decrease in wind speed was the dominant factor for the decreasing pan evaporation, followed by an increasing vapor pressure and decreasing solar radiation, all of which offset the effect of increasing temperature across the Tibetan Plateau.     

1960-2009年新疆渭干河流域蒸发皿蒸发量变化特征

根据新疆气象局地面观测资料,整理出渭干河流域1960-2009年蒸发皿蒸发量资料,运用线性趋势估计、距平与累积距平、滑动t检验、小波分析、灰色预测等方法,对蒸发皿蒸发量的变化趋势、周期特征、突变特征及未来趋势进行了分析。结果表明:①50年来,渭干河流域蒸发皿蒸发量有升有降,总体上呈波动式减少的趋势,其变化倾向率为-19.72 mm/10a,通过了0.05的显著性检验。累积距平曲线的变化趋势显示,年蒸发皿蒸发量以1987年和2004年为转折点,前期偏多,中期偏少,后期偏多。②年蒸发皿蒸发量在1987年发生了由多到少的突变,在2004年发生了由少到多的突变,突变类型比较复杂,是均值突变和转折突变两种突变类型的组合。③蒸发皿蒸发量在50a的时间序列中存在8a、17a和20a的周期。在8a的时间尺度上,年蒸发皿蒸发量序列经历了7个偏多期和6个偏少期;在17a的时间尺度上,经历了2个偏多期和2个偏少期;在20a的时间尺度上,经历了1个偏少期和2个偏多期。④利用建立的灰色预测GM(1,1)模型对渭干河流域蒸发皿蒸发量进行了预测,发现模型的可靠性高,预测结果准确,年蒸发皿蒸发量在未来3年将出现增加的趋势。     

河北省近40年蒸发皿蒸发量变化特征及影响因素初探

利用河北省区域1963-2003年50个站蒸发皿蒸发量资料,分析了蒸发量变化及影响因素。结果表明:近40年来河北省区域平均年和四季蒸发量变化,由60、70年代偏多转为80、90年代偏少,转折年均在70年代末和80年代初。春、夏季蒸发量减少趋势明显,分别为-31.3、-27.4mm/10 a,年蒸发量的减少主要是由春、夏季减少所致;对蒸发量的空间分析表明,区域内94%的站点呈减少趋势,70%站点减少趋势显著,减少速率最大区域在冀中南部东部区域,减少速率在-100mm/10 a以上;蒸发量变化与各要素相关分析表明,蒸发量变化与日照时数、低云量、气温日较差相关显著,而日照时数、低云量、气温日较差与太阳辐射大小关系密切,因此,太阳辐射是影响蒸发量变化的主要因素,同时平均风速的减少对蒸发量的减少也起着重要作用。     

石羊河流域1961-2005年蒸发皿蒸发量变化趋势及原因初探

 利用1961—2005年石羊河流域上、中、下游当地气象站的逐月20 cm口径蒸发皿蒸发量、平均气温、平均相对湿度、降水量、平均风速、日照时数、最高气温和最低气温资料,研究了近45 a石羊河流域蒸发皿蒸发量变化趋势及原因。结果表明,45 a来,石羊河流域及上、下游年蒸发皿蒸发量呈上升趋势,中游年蒸发皿蒸发量呈下降趋势,上游上升趋势最明显。四季中,春、秋、冬季蒸发皿蒸发量呈上升趋势,上升最明显的是冬季,其次为秋季,春季变化不明显,夏季蒸发皿蒸发量变化呈下降趋势。石羊河流域在不同时段不同区域年蒸发皿蒸发量都存在明显的6～7 a周期和1～2 a的短周期,并都发生了突变。相关系数法分析表明,影响石羊河流域及中、下游年蒸发皿蒸发量变化的主要影响因子是相对湿度和降水,上游的主要影响因子是相对湿度和气温。四季中,春季的主要影响因子是相对湿度和降水;夏季影响石羊河流域及上、中蒸发皿蒸发量变化的主要因子是相对湿度和气温,下游的主要影响因子是相对湿度和降水;秋季影响石羊河流域及中、下游蒸发皿蒸发量变化的主要影响因子是相对湿度和气温日较差,上游其主要影响因子是相对湿度和降水;冬季的主要影响因子是气温和相对湿度。影响年以及春、夏、秋最显著的因子是相对湿度,冬季最显著的影响因子是气温。     

基于析因数值实验方法的蒸发皿蒸发归因研究

蒸发皿蒸发是唯一可长时间大范围观测的潜在蒸发,其准确估算和长时间序列趋势变化归因分析,对变化环境下干旱研究、水文过程理解分析与预估具有重要意义。本文筛选出416个具有连续观测的气象台站资料,率定了PenPan模型中适合模拟中国20 cm口径（D20）蒸发皿蒸发的风速函数,发展了基于去趋势法的析因数值实验归因法,对比了此方法与常用的偏导归因法在1960-2014年、1960-1993年（“蒸发悖论”时段）及1993-2014年（“蒸发悖论”消失）蒸发皿蒸发趋势变化的归因结果。结果表明,使用新率定的风速函数f_q(u₂)=3.977×10^-8(1+0.505u₂)能更准确模拟中国D20蒸发皿蒸发;相较于偏导归因法结果,析因数值实验法也能对蒸发皿蒸发趋势变化进行定量归因分析,且归因结果略优于偏导归因法结果;此外,可利用析因数值实验法的基准态信息来对偏导归因法结果进行校正,从而更准确地对蒸发皿蒸发趋势变化进行归因分析,加深对蒸发皿蒸发趋势变化的理解,为水文水循环研究准确分析提供保障。     

Variation characteristics of evaporation in the Gulang River Basin during 1959-2013

Based on monthly evaporation of two meteorological stations in the Gulang River Basin of China, the inter-annual variation of evaporation during 1959-2013 were analyzed using Mann-Kendall and wavelet analysis. The results demonstrated that the annual evaporation show a fluctuating increase over the past 50 years approximately, with an average increase rate of 4.26 mm per decade. The overall trend was decrease-increase-decrease. According to the cumulative anomaly curve,the turning point of the annual evaporation occurred in 1979, in which the evaporation increased in the early stage and decreased in the later stage. Meanwhile, the seasonal variation of the evaporation shows that it decreased in Spring and Autumn, and increased in Summer and Winter, especially obvious for the later. The evaporation abruptly changed in Spring and Summer in 2008 and in Winter in 1994. In addition, all evaporation increased after the changes. However,the evaporation in Autumn abruptly changed in 1986 and 1999, which show a trend of increase-decrease-increase.Wavelet analysis shows that evaporation in Summer and wet season would decrease in the next few years, and in the other seasons would increase. Based on the aforementioned analysis, it can be concluded that increased evaporation is mainly induced by increase of evaporation in dry season, especially in Winter, and this trend to be continued in the future for the Gulang River Basin.     

格尔木河流域近60 a降水、蒸发及温度变化特征分析

以西部内陆柴达木盆地格尔木河流域近60 a气候变化特征为主题,以流域水循环理论为指导,应用趋势分析、Morlet小波函数等技术手段,采用定性判断和定量分析相结合方法,首先,对研究区大气降水、气温、蒸发多年监测资料进行系统分析,包括深入了解研究区水文、水资源开发利用状况,分析其年际、年内变化规律。结果表明：（1）近60 a研究区气候由冷干向暖湿转变,研究区气温呈波动上升趋势。自1955年至今气温累积上升0.37℃,1967年之后区域气温升高速率明显增加。自1968年开始降雨量显著增加,多年平均降雨量为38.27 mm·a^-1,其中7、8月份降水量增加对全年降水量增加的贡献率最大。自1956年开始蒸发量显著下降,由1956年的3 278.2 mm·a^-1下降至2014年的2 211.57 mm·a^-1,平均减速为18.08 mm·a^-1。（2）利用Morlet小波变换对气候变化特征进行了动态周期分析,分析得出研究区内降水、蒸发和温度都存在多时间尺度特征。其中降水存在14~16 a和32~36 a左右周期,蒸发量存在9~12 a和24~27 a时间尺度的周期,而温度存在7~8 a尺度和25~27 a两个时间尺度的周期特征。根据降水周期特征,可以推测出2016-2030年左右年降水量将经历几年降水偏多期,然后呈减少趋势,温度在未来几年内呈增多趋势,而蒸发则呈减少趋势。研究成果为该区水资源合理开发利用提供科学依据。     

三工河流域平原区蒸发量变化特征及影响因素

采用线性倾向估计、滑动平均和Mann-Kendall非参数统计检验等方法,分析了三工河流域平原区1981-2012年蒸发量变化特征及主要影响因子,并通过多元相关模型定量给出了各气象因子对蒸发量变化的贡献程度。结果表明：三工河流域平原区近32 a蒸发量呈显著下降趋势,春夏秋冬四季的蒸发量也呈显著减少的趋势。春季和夏季蒸发量的大幅减少对年蒸发量减少的贡献率较大,冬季蒸发量在1985年和1989年发生突变。影响蒸发量的因子中,降水、日照时数、相对湿度、风速和气压均呈下降趋势,其中日照时数、相对湿度和风速下降趋势显著,而气温上升趋势明显。以1981-1990年为基准期,1991-2000年风速和日照时数减少对蒸发量减少的贡献率分别为85.27%、20.70%,其它影响因素对蒸发量减少的贡献率为-5.97%;而2001-2012年风速和日照时数的减少对蒸发量减少的贡献率分别为52.32%和39.91%,其它影响因素的贡献率为7.77%。     

东江流域实际蒸发量与蒸发皿蒸发量的对比分析

利用东江流域1956-2003年的水文、气象资料,用趋势线分析、集对分析和方差分析方法对年实际蒸发量和年蒸发皿蒸发量的变化特征及其与气象因子的关系进行对比分析,揭示其相同与相异之处.结果表明:实际蒸发量与蒸发皿蒸发量都有减少的趋势,但蒸发皿蒸发量减少的趋势显著,实际蒸发量减少的趋势不显著;两者都在20世纪90年代出现最小值;实际蒸发量与蒸发皿蒸发量存在不确定相关关系和弱的负相关关系.温度与实际蒸发量、蒸发皿蒸发量都为不确定相关关系;风速与蒸发皿蒸发量为正相关,与实际蒸发量为不确定相关关系;随降水量的变化,两种蒸发量的变化相反,即一个增加而另一个减小:随日照时数的变化,趋势线分析与集对分析都反映出两者有相反的变化,通过年景分析,随日照时数的增加,蒸发皿蒸发量增加,实际蒸发量先增加后减小.年日照时数偏多、降水量偏少时,蒸发皿蒸发量显著偏多;年日照时数为中等、降水量偏多时,实际蒸发量最大,但没有达到显著水平.     

Trend in pan evaporation and its attribution over the past 50 years in China

Trends in pan evaporation are widely relevant to the hydrological community as indicators of hydrological and climate change. Pan evaporation has been decreasing in the past few decades over many large areas with differing climates globally. This study analyzes pan evaporation data from 671 stations in China over the past 50 years in order to reveal the trends of it and the corresponding trend attribution. Mann-Kendall test shows a significant declining trend in pan evaporation for most stations, with an average decrease of 17.2 mm/10a in China as a whole, the rate of decline was the steepest in the humid region (29.7 mm/10a), and was 17.6 mm/10a and 5.5 mm/10a in the semi-humid/semi-arid region and arid region, respectively. Complete correlation coefficients of pan evaporation with 7 climate factors were computed, and decreases in diurnal temperature range (DTR), SD (sunshine duration) and wind speed were found to be the main attributing factors in the pan evaporation declines. Decrease in DTR and SD may relate to the increase of clouds and aerosol as well as the other pollutants, and decrease in wind speed to weakening of the Asian winter and summer monsoons under global climate warming.     

近50年中国蒸发皿蒸发量变化

Trends in pan evaporation are widely relevant to the hydrological community as indicators of hydrological and climate change. Pan evaporation has been decreasing in the past few decades over many large areas with differing climates globally. This study analyzes pan evaporation data from 671 stations in China over the past 50 years in order to reveal the trends of it and the corresponding trend attribution. Mann-Kendall test shows a significant declining trend in pan evaporation for most stations, with an average decrease of 17.2 mm/10a in China as a whole, the rate of decline was the steepest in the humid region (29.7 mm/10a), and was 17.6 mm/10a and 5.5 mm/10a in the semi-humid/semi-arid region and arid region, respectively. Complete correlation coefficients of pan evaporation with 7 climate factors were computed, and decreases in diurnal temperature range (DTR), SD (sunshine duration) and wind speed were found to be the main attributing factors in the pan evaporation declines. Decrease in DTR and SD may relate to the increase of clouds and aerosol as well as the other pollutants, and decrease in wind speed to weakening of the Asian winter and summer monsoons under global climate warming.     

新疆夏季云下二次蒸发对雨滴稳定同位素影响的定量研究

在干旱区,雨滴在云下降落易受到二次蒸发的影响,明确降水从云层底部降落到地面过程中稳定氢氧同位素的变化在同位素水文学研究中很有必要。基于新疆地面气象站逐小时的观测资料,采用改进后的Stewart模型,研究了新疆雨滴云下蒸发剩余比（从云下到近地面雨滴蒸发后剩余体积占原体积的百分率f）、雨滴中δD变化量（△δD）和过量氘变化量（△d）的时空特征,并分析了△d与气象要素的关系。结果表明：（1）新疆降水中△d和蒸发剩余比存在明显的空间差异。（2）当在气温低、相对湿度大、降水强度大、雨滴直径大的情况下,蒸发剩余比较大,△d接近于0,蒸发剩余比与△d间的线性关系明显,斜率较低。不同气象条件下,蒸发剩余比与△d的关系并不固定,利用这一线性关系反推蒸发剩余比应慎重。（3）敏感性分析可以得出,如果各气象站的气温升高2℃,△d降幅为0.26%~3.10%;如果相对湿度升高5%,△d升幅为1.23%~8.34%;如果雨强增大10%,△d升幅为0.06%~0.89%;如果雨滴直径增加0.2 mm,△d升幅为0.98%~8.16%,但雨滴直径增加量大于1.2 mm时,△d变化量趋于稳定。     

近60a来新疆不同海拔气候变化的时空特征分析

全球变暖是当前全球气候变化研究的热点之一,新疆深居亚欧大陆内陆,地形气候复杂,探讨该区域气候变化与海拔的关系对全球气候变化研究具有重要的参考意义。基于1958—2017年新疆41个气象站的月和年平均气候数据,采用一元线性回归、Mann Kendall（M-K）趋势分析和突变检验等方法分析该地区气候变化的时空分布与海拔的关系。结果表明：1958—2017年新疆年均气温、年均降水量均呈上升趋势,但增加幅度具有时间和空间差异。在时间上,北疆四季平均气温增温幅度均大于南疆（冬季除外）,四季降水量增幅北疆大于南疆（夏季除外）;在空间上,北疆气温和降水的增幅均大于南疆。研究区各个站点气温呈现出南部高而北部低的空间格局,年均降水量北部多,南部低。各个站点气温倾向率总体随海拔增加而减少,年均降水量变化率随海拔升高而增加,在不同海拔带内部存在差异。综上所述,受全球气候变暖的影响,近60 a来新疆年均气温和年均降水量均呈上升趋势,尤其是北疆对全球气候变暖的响应较为敏感。     

新疆水文水资源变化及对区域气候变化的响应

基于全疆8条代表性河流近50年的地表径流、气温和降水数据,采用Mann-Kendall趋势检验和突变检测法,对各条河流地表径流、年均气温和年降水进行了长期趋势检验和突变滗分析,同时对径流与气温、降水之间的变化关系以及水文极端事件洪水的发生频次和洪峰流量进行了分析.结果表明,20世纪80年代中期以来伞疆各地气候一致表现为气温升高和降水增多,其中北疆地区变化最为显著,南疆其次,东疆最小.受气温、降水变化影响,河流径流发生年际和年内分布变化.大部分河流自20世纪90年代初水量显著增多,有春汛提前、夏汛推后和洪峰流量增大的现象,其变化特征与河流补给类型密切相关.全疆洪水发生频次增多、洪峰流最增大.气候变暖已对区域水文循环产生重要影响.     

新疆水文水资源变化及对区域气候变化的响应

Based on the surface runoff, temperature and precipitation data over the last 50 years from eight representative rivers in Xinjiang, using Mann-Kendall trend and jump detection method, the paper investigated the long-term trend and jump point of time series, the surface runoff, mean annual temperature and annual precipitation. Meanwhile, the paper analyzed the relationship between runoff and temperature and precipitation, and the flood frequency and peak flow. Results showed that climate of all parts of Xinjiang conformably has experienced an increase in temperature and precipitation since the mid-1980s. Northern Xinjiang was the area that changed most significantly followed by southern and eastern Xinjiang. Affected by temperature and precipitation variation, river runoff had changed both inter-annually and intra-annually. The surface runoff of most rivers has increased significantly since the early 1990s, and some of them have even witnessed the earlier spring floods, later summer floods and increasing flood peaks. The variation characteristics were closely related with the replenishment types of rivers. Flood frequency and peak flow increased all over Xinjiang. Climate warming has had an effect on the regional hydrological cycle.     

黄河流域降水稳定同位素的云下二次蒸发效应

雨滴从云底降落到地面过程的云下二次蒸发现象会影响雨滴中的同位素比率,明确降水过程中稳定同位素的变化对研究流域水循环具有重要意义。基于全球降水同位素网络（GNIP）、相关文献同位素数据以及气象数据,首先建立局地大气水线（LMWL）定性分析了黄河流域云下二次蒸发与各气象要素间的关系,其次运用改进的Stewart模型定量计算了蒸发剩余比（f）和云底降水与地面降水的D-excess之差（Δd）。结果表明：（1） 黄河流域LMWL方程为：δ²H=7.01δ¹⁸O+1.25（n=293,R²=0.92）,斜率和截距相比GMWL均较小,说明雨滴在下落过程中受到云下二次蒸发的影响。其中0～10 mm的降雨事件对云下二次蒸发影响显著;气温越高,或者水汽压、相对湿度越小,云下二次蒸发越强烈。（2） 季节变化上,从春季到冬季, f和Δd逐渐增大,云下二次蒸发逐渐减小。空间变化上,蒙甘区、蒙中区、晋陕甘区和渭河区的西安,年际间云下二次蒸发变化较大,而青南区、祁连-青海湖区、渭河区的平凉、长武、华山和鲁淮区年际差异较小。（3） 降水中Δd和f之间的线性关系在不同气象要素范围内有不同的数值,由于不同区域各气象条件存在差异,因此在应用经验公式时需考虑研究区的具体气象条件。     

A general model for estimating actual evaporation from non-saturated surfaces

Based on energy balance equation and mass transfer equation, a general model to estimate actual evaporation from non-saturated surfaces was derived. Making use of two concepts, "relative evaporation" and "relative drying power", a relationship was established to account for the departure from saturated conditions. Using this model, the actual evaporation (evapotranspiration) can be calculated without the need of potential evaporation estimation. Furthermore, the model requires only a few meteorological parameters that are readily and routinely obtainable at standard weather stations. Based on nearly 30 years data of 432 meteorological stations and 512 hydrological stations in China, in combined with GIS, nine typical river basins were selected. Using the data of the selected river basins, the model was tested. The results show that the actual evaporation rate can be estimated with an error of less than 10% in most areas of China, except few years in the Yellow River Basin.