Estimating riparian and agricultural actual evapotranspiration by reference evapotranspiration and MODIS enhanced vegetation index

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3849-3871

  Nagler, Pamela L ^a,b   Glenn, Edward P ^b   Nguyen, Uyen ^c   Scott, Russell L ^d   Doody, Tanya ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Common reed; Leaf area index; Mesquite; Remote sensing; Saltcedar; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; COMMON REED; LEAF AREA INDEX; MESQUITE; SALTCEDAR; WATER BALANCE;

ALGORITHMS; CROPS; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; VEGETATION;

WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84884748590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5083849     Document Type: Article

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