The WACMOS-ET project - Part 1: Tower-scale evaluation of four remote-sensing-based evapotranspiration algorithms

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 803-822

  Michel, D ^a   Jimenez C ^b,c   Miralles, D G ^d,e   Jung, M ^f   Hirschi, M ^a   Ershadi, A ^g   Martens, B ^e   Mccabe, M F ^g   Fisher, J B ^h   Mu, Q ⁱ   Seneviratne, S I ^a   Wood, E F ^j   Fernandez Prieto D ^k  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b Estellus ^*  (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^g KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^j Princeton University   (United States)

^k ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOND (MASONRY); EVAPORATION; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOWERS;

EARTH OBSERVATIONS; EVAPORATION PRODUCTS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; JET PROPULSION LABORATORY; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE SYSTEMS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE FORCING; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION;

EID: 84975701629     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-803-2016     Document Type: Article

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