Mapping evaporation and estimation of surface control of evaporation using remotely sensed land surface temperature from a constellation of satellites

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 950-968

  Bateni, S M ^a   Entekhabi, D ^a   Castelli, F ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MOISTURE CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CONSTELLATION OF SATELLITES; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; HEAT DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPE; PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES; VARIATIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION;

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; LAND SURFACE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; REMOTE SENSING; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION COVER;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84876529413     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20071     Document Type: Article

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