Variation Characteristics of Evapotranspiration and Water Consumption Effectiveness Evaluation in the Aksu River Basin Based on Multi-Source Data Fusion

Yang, Meie , Wei, Guanghui , Yang, Shichen , Yao, Xiaochen

2026-02-27 ATMOSPHERE 2026   17(卷), 3(期), (null页)

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  • In order to improve the robustness and internal consistency of evapotranspiration estimation in arid regions and to reveal the characteristics of water consumption structure within a river basin, this study focused on the Aksu River Basin. Multiple data sources, including the Penman-Monteith model, MODIS remote sensing products, GRACE terrestrial water storage change data, and the GLDAS-Noah model, were integrated to establish a Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA)-based framework for fusing actual evapotranspiration (ETa) estimates. The results indicate that the BMA integration effectively mitigated model-dependent biases and improved the consistency and robustness of basin-scale ETa estimates. During the period 2000-2020, ETa in the basin exhibited an overall increasing trend (approximately 4.04 mm/a), with a spatial distribution pattern characterized by higher values in the northwest and lower values in the southeast. In terms of water consumption effectiveness, low-effectiveness water consumption predominated in the basin (accounting for 61.24%), while high-effectiveness water consumption accounted for a relatively smaller proportion (26.01%). These results suggest that the current water consumption structure remains dominated by low-effectiveness components, indicating potential room for optimization in balancing irrigation activities and ecosystem water use. The multi-source data fusion and water consumption effectiveness evaluation framework proposed in this study provides a scientific basis for water resource management and ecological water security assessment in arid river basins.