Using radiometric surface temperature for surface energy flux estimation in Mediterranean drylands from a two-source perspective

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 136, Issue , 2013, Pages 234-246

  Morillas, L ^a   Garcia M ^b,c   Nieto, H ^b   Villagarcia, L ^d   Sandholt, I ^b   Gonzalez Dugo, M P ^e   Zarco Tejada, P J ^f   Domingo, F ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Earth Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^e IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean drylands; Parallel and series resistance network; Priestley Taylor assumption; Surface energy fluxes; Surface temperature; Two source model

Indexed keywords

DRY LAND; PRIESTLEY-TAYLOR; SERIES RESISTANCES; SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TWO-SOURCE MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; HEAT FLUX; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; ITERATIVE METHODS; SEPARATION; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; DRYLAND FARMING; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY FLUX; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; RADIOMETER; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84878714718     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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