A remote sensing approach for estimating the location and rate of urban irrigation in semi-arid climates

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 414-415, Issue , 2012, Pages 86-98

  Johnson, Tyler D ^a   Belitz, Kenneth ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endmembers; Evapotranspiration; Landsat; NDVI; Remote sensing; Urban irrigation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC DATA; DATA SETS; ENDMEMBERS; EXPONENTIAL CORRELATION; GOLF COURSE; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; IRRIGATION RATES; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SATELLITE IMAGES; SCALING FUNCTIONS; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; STUDY AREAS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN IRRIGATION; URBAN VEGETATION; URBANIZED AREA; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

AIRPORT BUILDINGS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PARKS; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AIRPORT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; PAVEMENT; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEMIARID REGION; URBANIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FERNANDO VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855197079     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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