Assessing reference evapotranspiration at regional scale based on remote sensing, weather forecast and GIS tools

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 55, Issue , 2017, Pages 32-42

  Ramirez Cuesta J M ^a   Cruz Blanco, M ^a   Santos, C ^a   Lorite, I J ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO ALAMEDA DEL OBISPO   (Spain)

Author keywords

GIS; Interpolation; Reference evapotranspiration; Remote sensing; Weather forecast; Weather stations

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID REGION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GIS; INTERPOLATION; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 85017442970     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.10.004     Document Type: Article

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