Measuring and modeling maize evapotranspiration under plastic film-mulching condition.

Highlights: [•] An adjusted SW (MSW) model was proposed after considering mulching effect on ET. [•] The original SW model overestimated maize ET significantly over the whole season. [•] PM model performed well when canopy fully covered the substrate. [•] MSW model can simulate ET and Es well under film mulch without non-water stress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]