Combining the triangle method with thermal inertia to estimate regional evapotranspiration - Applied to MSG-SEVIRI data in the Senegal River basin

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1242-1255

  Stisen, Simon ^a   Sandholt, Inge ^a   Nørgaard, Anette ^a   Fensholt, Rasmus ^a   Jensen, Karsten Høgh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Evaporative fraction; Evapotranspiration; MSG SEVIRI; NDVI; Remote sensing; Surface temperature; Thermal inertia; Triangle method

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

THERMAL INERTIA; TRIANGLE METHOD;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT FLUX; INERTIA; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; SENEGAL BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 39749202198     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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