Mapping evapotranspiration trends using MODIS and SEBAL model in a data scarce and heterogeneous landscape in Eastern Africa

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8495-8510

  Kiptala, J K ^a,b   Mohamed, Y ^a,c,d   Mul, M L ^a,e   Van Der Zaag, P ^a,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Hydraulic Research Station   (Sudan)

^e INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES; HYDROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL EVAPORATION; ROOT-MEANS-SQUARE ERRORS; WATER BALANCE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; EVAPORATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAND USE; RADIOMETERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALGORITHM; ARID REGION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HUMID TROPICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE LOCATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN WATER; OPTIMIZATION; OUTFLOW; PENMAN-MONTEITH EQUATION; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE;

NYUMBA YA MUNGU RESERVOIR; PANGANI BASIN; TANZANIA;

EID: 84896704437     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014240     Document Type: Article

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