Data Files: WBL_towers_data.xlsx Half-hourly tower measured meteorological and water temperature variables WBL_towers_data_LE.xlsx Half-hourly tower measured latent heat flux WBL_towers_data_H.xlsx Half-hourly tower measured sensible heat flux WBL_towers_data_Rn.xlsx Half-hourly tower measured net radiation WBL_E_Obs.xlsx Measured and gap-filled half-hourly evaporation WBL_E_Valid.xlsx Half-hourly evaporation from validation modeling WBL_E_Retrospective.xlsx Half-hourly evaporation from retrospective modeling (The modeled evaporation beyond the ice-free period is not validated) WBL_Annual_E_Weighting_Factors.xlsx Monthly weighting factors used in the second extrapolation method WBL_Ice_Phenology.xlsx MNDNR, MODIS and modeled ice-in and ice-out dates CLM4LISSS_input_Validation.xlsx Forcing data for validation modeling CLM4LISSS_input_Retrospective.xlsx NLDAS_FORA0125_H reanalysis forcing data for retrospective modeling Citation: Xiao, K., Griffis, T.J., Baker, J.M., Bolstad, P.V., Erickson, M.D., Lee, X., Wood, J.D., Hu, C. and Nieber, J.L. (2018). Evaporation from a temperate closed-basin lake and its impact on present, past, and future water level. Journal of Hydrology, 561, 59-75.