Actual evapotranspiration in drylands derived from in-situ and satellite data: Assessing biophysical constraints

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-118

  García, Monica ^a,b   Sandholt, Inge ^a,b   Ceccato, Pietro ^b   Ridler, Marc ^a   Mougin, Eric ^c   Kergoat, Laurent ^c   Morillas, Laura ^d   Timouk, Franck ^c   Fensholt, Rasmus ^a   Domingo, Francisco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; MODIS; MSG SEVIRI; Priestley Taylor; Surface temperature; Thermal inertia; Water limited ecosystems

Indexed keywords

MODIS; MSG-SEVIRI; PRIESTLEY-TAYLOR; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL INERTIA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

ALGORITHM; ARID REGION; CLIMATIC REGION; DOWNSCALING; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT CAPACITY; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; NDVI; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SATELLITE DATA; SAVANNA; SEVIRI; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84872394046     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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