Ecological Processes

Table 6 Monthly ET values (mm) averaged for the entire Amazon basin

From: The spatial variability of actual evapotranspiration across the Amazon River Basin based on remote sensing products validated with flux towers

2003		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Jan	113.5	127.2	129.3	129	131.6	127.5	124.2	126.6	127.3	127.8	138.3
Feb	101.72	102.4	100.9	102.5	102.4	105	99.9	101.8	100.1	104.3	101
Mar	112.2	111.7	112.2	113.5	113.6	111.9	110.4	114.9	112.4	114.6	113.2
Apr	105	105	104.8	105.4	107.3	104.5	104.4	106.4	105.8	106.1	107.3
May	102.5	101	104.1	102.1	104.5	100.5	102.7	102.4	101.9	105.5	104.7
June	93.8	94.2	94.5	95.2	95.7	94.2	93.9	93.9	93.7	97.1	97.3
July	100.4	101.2	100.6	101	101.5	100.8	103.7	99.1	101.7	103.9	106.6
Aug	107.8	107.1	103.9	108.5	107	107.7	110.8	104.9	107.2	108.9	115.4
Sep	111	110.3	107.3	111.6	111.4	111.3	115.7	109.2	111.9	111.7	122.2
Oct	119.5	120	118.9	122	118.1	118.8	122.4	118.6	120.3	122.7	130
Nov	116.9	117.7	116.3	119	117.8	115.7	118.6	115.1	118.7	118.2	125.1
Dec	115	114.5	113.6	116	115.1	111.7	113.2	112.8	114.2	114.6	119.1
Total	1299.3	1312.3	1306.4	1325.8	1326.0	1309.6	1319.9	1305.7	1315.2	1335.4	1380.2

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