A modified surface energy balance algorithm for land (M-SEBAL) based on a trapezoidal framework

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Long, Di ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^a,b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENDMEMBERS; FLUX ESTIMATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; MODIFIED SURFACES; PIXEL SELECTION; RADIATION BUDGET; RETRIEVAL ACCURACY; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; STUDY SITES; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE ALGORITHM FOR LANDS; SURFACE RADIATIVE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPORAL SCALE; THEMATIC MAPPER PLUS; VEGETATION FRACTIONS; VISUAL IDENTIFICATION; WATER STRESS;

ALGORITHMS; ENERGY BALANCE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WATER SUPPLY;

HEAT FLUX;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PIXEL; RADIATION BUDGET; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ENERGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER STRESS;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857854775     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010607     Document Type: Article

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