Previous estimates of land-atmosphere interaction (the

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the abstract and future-work section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2004 and 2026, spanning 5 journals. Those papers have been cited 2,541 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Surface energy fluxes and controls of evapotranspiration in three alpine ecosystems of Qinghai Lake watershed, NE Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau (2015) · Ecohydrology · cited 50× · doi

  Both the hydrological cycle and water balance in a watershed are significantly influenced by surface energy fluxes and evapotranspiration ( ET ); however, there is limited information related to the water and heat fluxes in this area.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: water fluxes hydrological cycle balance watershed influenced surface energy evapotranspiration there limited information related heat
• Homogenization of the Richards Equation in Porous Media: Multiscale Modelling of Water Transport in Vegetated Soil (2026) · Multiscale Modeling & Simulation · doi

  To extend the model to account for other factors that may affect water transport in soil, such as soil heterogeneity and preferential flow. To apply the model to different environmental contexts, such as calculating crop yields and monitoring flood risk. To develop strategies to deal with the increasing impact of climate change using the model.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: extend model account other factors affect water transport
• Practical irrigation scheduling at the sub-field scale: Comparing OpenET and capacitance soil moisture sensors against a TSEB reference in dry edible beans (2026) · Agricultural Water Management · doi

  Accurate estimation of daily crop evapotranspiration (ET) at the sub-field level is critical for precision irrigation scheduling and management, yet few studies have examined how satellite-based ET products represent soil-driven spatial variability within a single field.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: field accurate estimation daily crop evapotranspiration level critical precision irrigation scheduling management examined satellite based
• Calibration using downscaled and bias-corrected satellite soil-moisture data can improve watershed model representation of soil-moisture variability (2026) · Hydrology and Earth System Sciences · doi

  Evaluating the applicability of the results to larger or different types of watersheds. Investigating the impact of other factors, such as climate change or land use changes, on the results. Developing new methods for integrating satellite soil-moisture data into hydrologic models. Evaluating the potential for using other types of remote sensing data, such as satellite-based evapotranspiration estimates, to improve hydrologic model performance.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: evaluating applicability results larger different types watersheds investigating
• Regions of Strong Coupling Between Soil Moisture and Precipitation (2004) · Science · cited 2,491× · doi

  Previous estimates of land-atmosphere interaction (the impact of soil moisture on precipitation) have been limited by a lack of observational data and by the model dependence of computational estimates.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: estimates previous land atmosphere interaction impact soil moisture precipitation limited lack observational model dependence computational

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