Combining remote sensing and GIS climate modelling to estimate daily forest evapotranspiration in a Mediterranean mountain area

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1563-1575

  Cristobal J ^a   Poyatos, R ^a   Ninyerola, M ^a   Llorens, P ^b   Pons, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS; AIR TEMPERATURE; B-METHOD; CLIMATE MODELLING; DAILY EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONS; ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTIMATION ERRORS; FOREST AREA; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUND STATIONS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LANDSAT; LANDSAT-5; LANDSAT-7 ETM+; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NET RADIATION; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RADIATIVE BALANCE; REGIONAL SCALE; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; SAP FLOW MEASUREMENTS; SCOTS PINE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TECHNIQUES USED; TEMPORAL SCALE; THERMAL BANDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AIR TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSAT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; MODIS; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATION BALANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; STAND STRUCTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; GIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79957625803     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1563-2011     Document Type: Article

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