Spatial modelling of evapotranspiration in the Luquillo experimental forest of Puerto Rico using remotely-sensed data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 328, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 733-752

  Wu, Wei ^a   Hall, Charles A S ^a   Scatena, Frederick N ^b   Quackenbush, Lindi J ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Landsat 5 TM; Model; MODIS; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING;

FIELD MEASUREMENTS; LANDSAT-5 TM; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS);

FORESTRY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSPIRATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 33746932534     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.01.020     Document Type: Article

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