The performance of the complementary relationship (CR) evaporation model of Zhou and Yu is tested by routine meteorological data and eddy-covariance (EC) derived measurements of monthly LE values from FLUXNET. Results indicate that globally calibrated single-parameter thermodynamics-based CR versions perform significantly better in predicting EC-derived LE fluxes than their similarly calibrated model, thus challenging their physical interpretation of the processes involved
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Comment on “Physical Interpretation of the Complementary Relationship for Evapotranspiration” by Sha Zhou and Bofu Yu, Published in Hydrology and Water Resources
- Jozsef Szilagyi 1,*,
- Richard D. Crago 2
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Received: 17 Feb 2026 | Revised: 27 Mar 2026 | Accepted: 30 Mar 2026 | Published: 08 Apr 2026
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Szilagyi, J.; Crago, R. D. Comment on “Physical Interpretation of the Complementary Relationship for Evapotranspiration” by Sha Zhou and Bofu Yu, Published in Hydrology and Water Resources. Hydrology and Water Resources 2026, 1 (2), 9. https://doi.org/10.53941/hwr.2026.100009.
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