Characterizing the multi-scale spatial structure of remotely sensed evapotranspiration with information theory

Biogeosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2269-2280

  Brunsell, N A ^a   Anderson, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLUX; EOS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HETEROGENEITY; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MASS TRANSFER; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 80052020923     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-2269-2011     Document Type: Article

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