Improving operational land surface model canopy evapotranspiration in Africa using a direct remote sensing approach

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1079-1091

  Marshall, M ^a   Tu, K ^b   Funk, C ^a   Michaelsen, J ^a   Williams, P ^a   Williams, C ^c   Ardo J ^d   Boucher, M ^e   Cappelaere, B ^e   De Grandcourt, A ^f,g   Nickless, A ^h   Nouvellon, Y ^f,g   Scholes, R ^h   Kutsch, W ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f CIRAD   (France)

^g CRDPI ^*  (Congo)

^h DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

ⁱ THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MONITORING PURPOSE; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY; REMOTE SENSING APPROACHES; REMOTE SENSING MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA INTEGRATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; TIME SERIES; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BIOME; CALIBRATION; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84879051189     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1079-2013     Document Type: Article

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