Evaporative water use of different land uses in the upper-Thukela river basin assessed from satellite imagery

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1727-1739

  Kongo, M V ^a,b   Jewitt, G W P ^a   Lorentz, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Land use; MODIS; Remote sensing; SEBAL; Thukela; Water use

Indexed keywords

AREAL COVERAGE; ERODED SOILS; EVAPORATION RATE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; LAND USE CLASS; LARGE APERTURE SCINTILLOMETERS; LOW RESOLUTION; MIXED PIXEL; MIXED SPECIES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER SATELLITES; MODIS; PUBLIC DOMAINS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; RIVER BASINS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEBAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDY AREAS; SUMMER SEASON; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE ALGORITHM FOR LANDS; THUKELA; WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIRS; WATER USE; WATERBODIES; WET AND DRY; WINTER SEASONS;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; EVAPORATION; LAND USE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ALGORITHM; CATCHMENT; EVAPORATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSTALLATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MODIS; PIXEL; QUATERNARY; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WETLAND;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; THUKELA BASIN;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 78650139016     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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