Remotely sensed actual evapotranspiration: Implications for groundwater management in Botswana

ITC Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 222-233

  Timmermans, W J ^a   Meijerink, A M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deep water uptake; Landsat TM; NOAA AVHRR; Recharge; SEBAL; Semi arid aquifer; Serowe; Transpiration losses

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646256819     PISSN: 03032434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2434(99)85016-8     Document Type: Article

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