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Evaluating the generalizability of GEP models for estimating reference evapotranspiration in distant humid and arid locations

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Evapotranspiration estimation is of crucial importance in arid and hyper-arid regions, which suffer from water shortage, increasing dryness and heat. A modeling study is reported here to cross-station assessment between hyper-arid and humid conditions. The derived equations estimate ET0 values based on temperature-, radiation-, and mass transfer-based configurations. Using data from two meteorological stations in a hyper-arid region of Iran and two meteorological stations in a humid region of Spain, different local and cross-station approaches are applied for developing and validating the derived equations. The comparison of the gene expression programming (GEP)-based-derived equations with corresponding empirical-semi empirical ET0 estimation equations reveals the superiority of new formulas in comparison with the corresponding empirical equations. Therefore, the derived models can be successfully applied in these hyper-arid and humid regions as well as similar climatic contexts especially in data-lack situations. The results also show that when relying on proper input configurations, cross-station might be a promising alternative for locally trained models for the stations with data scarcity.

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  1. Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Hamed Kiafar & Hosssien Babazadeh

  2. Departament de Biologia, Àrea d’Enginyeria Agroforestal, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Cra de Valldemossa km 7.5, Palma de Mallorca, 07122, Spain

    Pau Marti

  3. Civil Engineering Department, Architecture and Engineering Faculty, Canik Basari University, Samsun, Turkey

    Ozgur Kisi

  4. NEIKER, AB. Basque Country Research Institute for Agricultural Development, Alava, Basque Country, Spain

    Gorka Landeras

  5. Water Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

    Sepideh Karimi & Jalal Shiri

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Kiafar, H., Babazadeh, H., Marti, P. et al. Evaluating the generalizability of GEP models for estimating reference evapotranspiration in distant humid and arid locations. Theor Appl Climatol 130, 377–389 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-016-1888-5

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