Use of Landsat thermal imagery in monitoring evapotranspiration and managing water resources

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 122, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-65

  Anderson, Martha C ^a   Allen, Richard G ^b   Morse, Anthony ^c   Kustas, William P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Spatial Analysis Group ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Evapotranspiration; Landsat; Thermal remote sensing; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

CHANGING CLIMATE; DECISION MAKERS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD INSECURITY; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERSTATE COMPACT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LANDSAT; MODELING TECHNIQUE; MODERATE RESOLUTION; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE PROGRAMS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; THERMAL IMAGERY; THERMAL-INFRARED; TRACK CHANGES; USER REQUIREMENTS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGERS; WATER RIGHTS; WATER USE; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WAVEBANDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONSERVATION; DROUGHT; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; DROUGHT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD SECURITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; IRRIGATION; LAND SURFACE; LANDSAT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

EID: 84865408436     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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