Evaluation of remote sensing-based evapotranspiration products at low-latitude eddy covariance sites

•Remote sensing ET products were evaluated at low-latitude eddy covariance sites.•GLEAM outperformed MOD16 and ALEXI when using unadjusted ET fluxes.•No clear ranking of products when using energy balance closure-corrected fluxes.•No relationship between product performance and vegetation-match pixel and site.•Latitudinal differences in evaluation results for forests, but not for non-forests.