A simple Landsat–MODIS fusion approach for monitoring seasonal evapotranspiration at 30 m spatial resolution

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 115-143

  Bhattarai, Nishan ^a   Quackenbush, Lindi J ^a   Dougherty, Mark ^b   Marzen, Luke J ^c  

^a 402 Baker Laboratory   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; ERRORS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FISH; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATERSHEDS;

ANNUAL WATER BALANCE; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SEASONAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONS; SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; VEGETATION TEMPERATURE CONDITION INDEX;

IMAGE FUSION;

CLOUD COVER; ENERGY BUDGET; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LANDSAT; MODIS; SENSOR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER BUDGET;

ALABAMA; ALASKA; FISH RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920935754     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.990645     Document Type: Article

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