Global land-surface evaporation estimated from satellite-based observations

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 453-469

  Miralles, D G ^a   Holmes, T R H ^a,b   De Jeu, R A M ^a   Gash, J H ^a   Meesters, A G C A ^a   Dolman, A J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDDY COVARIANCE MEASUREMENTS; EVAPORATION MODEL; GLOBAL MAP; GLOBAL SCALE; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NEW STRATEGY; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SENSOR PRODUCTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE EVAPORATION; VEGETATION DENSITY; VEGETATION TYPE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

EVAPORATION;

EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERCEPTION; LAND SURFACE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 79551691989     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-453-2011     Document Type: Article

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