Assessment of the EUMETSAT LSA-SAF evapotranspiration product for drought monitoring in Europe

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 190-202

  Sepulcre Canto, Guadalupe ^a   Vogt, Jürgen ^a   Arboleda, Alirio ^b   Antofie, Tiberiu ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drought; EDO; EUMETSAT; Evapotranspiration; LSA SAF; Water stress

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONITORING; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER; WATER STRESS;

AFRICA; EUROPE;

EID: 84897540935     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.01.021     Document Type: Article

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