Evaluating Reference Evapotranspiration and Soil Moisture as Predictors for Machine Learning-Based Actual Evapotranspiration Estimation: Model Performance and Explainability
Accurate estimation of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) is essential for sustainable water resources management and agricultural planning. This study investigated how the availability of reference evapotranspiration (ET0) and soil moisture (SM) affects ETa prediction performance and predictor importance using Random For...