An intercomparison of the Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) and the Two-Source Energy Balance (TSEB) modeling schemes

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-384

  Timmermans, Wim J ^a   Kustas, William P ^b   Anderson, Martha C ^b   French, Andrew N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c US ARID LAND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual source; Land atmosphere interaction; Remote sensing flux model; Single source

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEGETATION;

LAND-ATMOSPHERE-INTERACTION; REMOTE SENSING FLUX MODEL; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE ALGORITHM FOR LAND (SEBAL);

INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GRASSLAND; IMAGERY; MODEL VALIDATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 34247891475     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.11.028     Document Type: Article

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