Do Surface and Air Temperatures Contain Similar Imprints of Evaporative Conditions?

Panwar, Annu; Kleidon, Axel; Renner, Maik

doi:10.1029/2019GL082248

Title: Do Surface and Air Temperatures Contain Similar Imprints of Evaporative Conditions?

Journal Article · 03 April 2019 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082248 · OSTI ID:1505240

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Biospheric Theory and Modelling Group Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena Germany

Abstract Generally, surface and air temperatures seem closely related but we show that they respond differently to evaporative conditions. We evaluate the temperature increase in response to solar radiation for different evaporative fractions, using observations from the Southern Great Plains. The warming rate of air temperature decreases only by 1.7 × 10 ⁻³ K/(W m ⁻² ) from dry to moist conditions compared to a stronger reduction by 14 × 10 ⁻³ K/(W m ⁻² ) for surface temperature. The weaker response of air temperature to evaporative fraction is explained by the larger growth of boundary layer on drier days, which suppresses the warming of air. Estimates based on this explanation reproduce the warming rate of air temperature in observations. Our results show that diurnal variations of surface temperatures contain imprints of evapotranspiration while air temperatures do not. These findings appear important to be considered when using, analyzing, or interpreting temperature data in studies dealing with climate change, hydrology, or land‐atmosphere interactions.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1505240

Journal Information:: Geophysical Research Letters, Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 46; ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union (AGU)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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