Vegetation Index Methods for Estimating Evapotranspiration by Remote Sensing

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 531-555

  Glenn, Edward P ^a   Nagler, Pamela L ^a   Huete, Alfredo R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enhanced Vegetation Index; Fluxnet; MODIS; NDVI; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY DATA; CARBON FLUXES; END-USERS; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; FLUXNET; GLOBAL ESTIMATE; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODERATE RES-OLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MODIS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NDVI; NEW APPLICATIONS; OPERATIONAL ALGORITHMS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; TERRA SATELLITES; THEORETICAL BASIS; THERMAL INFRARED BANDS; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER BUDGET;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS; WATER SUPPLY;

VEGETATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALGORITHM; BIOME; CARBON FLUX; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 78449267508     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-010-9102-2     Document Type: Article

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