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A summary of the three methods is provided in Table 1. Further details of the methods are provided in the following sections.

Table 1

Summary of the three methods and their components

MethodE and T equationsTop layer moistureRoot zone moisturePrecipitationIrrigation
ETLook Penman–Monteith AMSR-E Derived from AMSR-E and LAI Absent Absent 
SETS-AMS Penman–Monteith AMSR-E control on mass balance, van Genutchen–Mualem parameterization Mass balance control, van Genutchen–Mualem parameterization TRMM (calibrated with observations) PARC (1982)  
SETS Penman–Monteith Mass balance control van Genutchen–Mualem parameterization Same as SETS-AMS Same as SETS-AMS Same as SETS-AMS 
MethodE and T equationsTop layer moistureRoot zone moisturePrecipitationIrrigation
ETLook Penman–Monteith AMSR-E Derived from AMSR-E and LAI Absent Absent 
SETS-AMS Penman–Monteith AMSR-E control on mass balance, van Genutchen–Mualem parameterization Mass balance control, van Genutchen–Mualem parameterization TRMM (calibrated with observations) PARC (1982)  
SETS Penman–Monteith Mass balance control van Genutchen–Mualem parameterization Same as SETS-AMS Same as SETS-AMS Same as SETS-AMS 
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