Evaluation of the Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) applied to ASTER imagery with flux-measurements at the SPARC 2004 site (Barrax, Spain)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1337-1347

  Van Der Kwast, J ^a,e   Timmermans, W ^b   Gieske, A ^b   Su, Z ^b   Olioso, A ^c   Jia, L ^d   Elbers, J ^d   Karssenberg, D ^a   De Jong, S ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ASTER; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIELDWORK; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LAND COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ENERGY;

ALBACETE [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; BARRAX; CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; SPAIN;

EID: 70849128691     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-13-1337-2009     Document Type: Article

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