Quantifying the uncertainty in estimates of surface-atmosphere fluxes through joint evaluation of the SEBS and SCOPE models

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1561-1573

  Timmermans, J ^a   Su, Z ^a   Van Der Tol, C ^a   Verhoef, A ^b   Verhoef, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONS; EVAPORATIVE FRACTION; FRACTIONAL VEGETATION COVER; REMOTE SENSING ALGORITHMS; SOIL-VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE TRANSFER MODELS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE SYSTEMS; TEMPORAL CONTINUITY;

ALGORITHMS; BOND (MASONRY); ENERGY BALANCE; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

HEAT FLUX;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; HEAT FLUX; MAIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; TURBULENT FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84879115716     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-1561-2013     Document Type: Article

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