Estimation of regional evapotranspiration over the North China Plain using geostationary satellite data

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-206

  Shu, Yunqiao ^a,c   Stisen, Simon ^b   Jensen, Karsten H ^a   Sandholt, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; FY 2C; MODIS products; NDVI; North China Plain (NCP); Surface temperature; Triangle method

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; INTERPOLATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; MODIS; NDVI; SATELLITE DATA; SEVIRI; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 79955634908     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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