Evaluation of energy balance closure adjustment methods by independent evapotranspiration estimates from lysimeters and hydrological simulations

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research–Atmospheric Environmental Research, Garmisch‐Partenkirchen, Germany Technical University Dresden, Institute of Hydrology und Meteorology, Dresden, Germany Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe, Germany 4 Institute of Geography, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Applied Terrestrial, Energy and Atmospheric Modeling, New Mexico, USA Correspondence Matthias Mauder, KIT/IMK‐IFU, Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, 82467 Garmisch‐Partenkirchen. Email: matthias.mauder@kit.edu Funding information Helmholtz‐Gemeinschaft, Grant/Award Number: VH‐NG‐843; Helmholtz Association

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