A direct estimate of evapotranspiration over the Amazon basin and implications for our understanding of carbon and water cycling

Abigail L. S. Swann, University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science and Department of Biology, Seattle, United States, Charles Koven, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, United States, Danica Lombardozzi, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States and Gordon B Bonan, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States