Review study
2017
Reservoir Evaporation in the Western United States: Current Science, Challenges, and Future Needs
Katja Friedrich, Robert L. Grossman, Justin Huntington, Peter D. Blanken, John D. Lenters, Kathleen D. Holman, David Gochis, Ben Livneh, James Prairie, Erik Skeie · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2017)
Key finding (our summary)
A community review of the state of reservoir-evaporation science in the western United States — measurement methods, knowledge gaps and priorities for improving estimates in a water-stressed region.
The paper highlights how uncertain open-water evaporation estimates remain even where the water at stake is most valuable.
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