Actual evapotranspiration (water use) assessment of the colorado river basin at the landsat resolution using the operational simplified surface energy balance model

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 233-256

  Singh, Ramesh K ^a   Senay, Gabriel B ^a   Velpuri, Naga M ^a   Bohms, Stefanie ^a   Scott, Russell L ^b   Verdin, James P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Evapotranspiration; Geospatial analysis; Hydrologic cycle; Irrigation; Landsat; Remote sensing; Water use

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEO-SPATIAL ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; LANDSAT; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE MODELING; WATER USE;

ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; IRRIGATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER SUPPLY; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84893427312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6010233     Document Type: Article

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