 The study applies a process-based methodology to estimate land surface evaporation from multisatellite information using the GLEAM, Global Land Surface Evaporation, the Amsterdam Methodology, approach. The method combines various remotely sensed observations to derive daily actual evaporation and its different components, including soil water stress conditions, transpiration, bare soil evaporation, and snow sublimation. Triple collocation is used to calculate the error structure of the evaporation estimates and test the relative merits of two different precipitation inputs. The study shows that rainfall interception plays an important role in the partition of precipitation into evaporation and water available for runoff at a continental scale, with precipitation being recognized as an important factor driving evaporation in areas of high rainfall interception and low available energy. This article was authored by D. G. Mirales, R. A. M. Deschoux, J. H. Gash, and others. We are article.tv, links in the description below.