Satellite detection of increases in global land surface evapotranspiration during 1984-2007

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-318

  Yao, Yunjun ^a,b,c   Liang, Shunlin ^a,b   Qin, Qiming ^c   Wang, Kaicun ^a,b   Liu, Shaomin ^a   Zhao, Shaohua ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Digital earth; Evapotranspiration; Global land surface; Satellite radiation products

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; DIGITAL EARTH; ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; GLOBAL LAND SURFACE; NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE;

SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

DETECTION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND SURFACE; NDVI; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84866912483     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2011.598953     Document Type: Article

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