Evaporation mapping at two scales using optical imagery in the White Volta Basin, Upper East Ghana

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 127-140

  Compaoré, Halidou ^a   Hendrickx, Jan M H ^b   Hong, Sung ho ^b   Friesen, Jan ^c   van de Giesen, Nick C ^c   Rodgers, Charles ^d   Szarzynski, Joerg ^d   Vlek, Paul L G ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Landsat; MODIS; SEBAL; Volta Basin

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EVAPORATION MAPPING; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE ALGORITHM FOR LAND;

EVAPORATION;

CROP PERFORMANCE; DROUGHT; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE; LANDSAT; MAPPING; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLTA BASIN; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 38949156601     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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