VTEI / evapotranspiration

evapotranspiration

Wetland evapotranspiration

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A wetland is an environment where water is readily available for vegetation, and therefore intensive evapotranspiration (ET) close to the potential ET value occurs. In addition, higher ET intensities can be expected in the future due to the observed increase in temperatures associated with climate change. The impact of wetland ET needs to be considered, for example, in restoration planning or hydrological mod-elling, and it is important to draw on the current knowledge provided by the large number of papers worldwide.

Will summer flows in watercourses be a half lower by 2060?

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The increase in potential evapotranspiration due to warming is quite often used as an indicator of ongoing and predicted changes in the hydrological balance. However, without assessing its effect in basins with different precipitation regimes, it is not correct to consider a change in potential evapo-transpiration as an increase in actual evapotranspiration or a decrease in runoff.