Soil Moisture (SMAP) and Vapor Pressure Deficit Controls on Evaporative Fraction over the Continental U.S.

Guido Salvucci, Boston University, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston, MA, United States; Boston University, Earth and Environment, Boston, MA, United States, Angela Jean Rigden, University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, United States, Dan Gianotti, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States and Dara Entekhabi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, United States