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2020-09-17 The estimated actual evapotranspiration over the Tibetan Plateau from 2001 to 2016 doi:10.11922/sciencedb.t00000.00010 en Terrestrial actual evapotranspiration (ETa) is a key parameter controlling the land-atmosphere interaction processes and the water cycle. However, the spatial distribution and temporal changes of ETa over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) remain very uncertain. Here we estimate the multiyear (2001-2018) monthly ETa and its spatial distribution on the TP by a combination of meteorological data and satellite products. Validation against data from six eddy-covariance monitoring sites yielded a root mean square errors ranging from 9.3 to 14.5 mm mo-1, and correlation coefficients exceeding 0.9. The estimated ETa product is useful for an improved understanding of water and energy cycle changes over the TP. Evapotranspiration; Tibetan Plateau; SEBS Cunbo Han Yaoming Ma Binbin Wang Lei Zhong Weiqiang Ma Xuelong Chen Zhongbo Su PUBLIC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ dataset http://www.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3513-2021 Science Data Bank