Evaluation of a modis triangle-based evapotranspiration algorithm for semi-arid regions

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Jongyoun ^a   Hogue, Terri S ^a,b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

evaporative fraction; evapotranspiration; MODIS; semi arid; triangle method

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; HEAT FLUX; LANDFORMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER SUPPLY;

EVAPORATIVE FRACTION; MODIS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEMI ARID; TEMPORAL INFORMATION; TRIANGLE METHOD; TRIANGULAR DOMAINS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

EID: 84888180078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.7.073493     Document Type: Article

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