Spatial simulation of evapotranspiration of semi-arid Inner Mongolian grassland based on MODIS and eddy covariance data

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1567-1574

  Vetter, Sylvia H ^a   Schaffrath, David ^a   Bernhofer, Christian ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BROOK90; Evapotranspiration; Grassland; MODIS; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; BROOK90; CENTRAL ASIA; EDDY COVARIANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE DATA; GRASSLAND; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INNER MONGOLIA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; RIVER CATCHMENT; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID GRASSLANDS; SEMI-ARID REGION; SPATIAL SIMULATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; VEGETATION PERIODS; WATER BALANCE; WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS; WATER SHORTAGES;

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

RADIOMETERS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CATCHMENT; DATA SET; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; XILIN BASIN;

EID: 84856955826     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1187-5     Document Type: Article

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