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