Remote estimation of terrestrial evapotranspiration without using meteorological data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3026-3030

  Yang, Yuting ^a   Long, Di ^b   Shang, Songhao ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

ecosystem water use efficiency; evapotranspiration; gross primary production; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EDDY COVARIANCE TOWERS; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; METEOROLOGICAL INPUT; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; TERRESTRIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER SUPPLY;

ESTIMATION;

DATA SET; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MODIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84880562007     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50450     Document Type: Article

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