An improved method for estimating global evapotranspiration based on satellite determination of surface net radiation, vegetation index, temperature, and soil moisture

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Kaicun ^a,b   Liang, Shunlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Net radiation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA SETS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FORESTS; IMPROVED METHODS; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NET RADIATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOIL WETNESS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VEGETATION INDEX;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; PERMITTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

EID: 67649806896     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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