Global root zone storage capacity from satellite-based evaporation

Global root zone storage capacity from satellite-based evaporation

This study presents an “Earth observation-based” method for estimating root zone storage capacity – a critical, yet uncertain parameter in hydrological and land surface modelling. By assuming that vegetation optimises its root zone storage capacity to bridge critical dry periods, we were able to use state-of-the-art satellite-based evaporation data computed with independent energy balance equat...

Global Land Surface Evaporation from Satellite-based Observations

Estimating the magnitude of the different fluxes in the hydrological cycle is essential if we are to predict the impacts of climate change. However, climate change is acting on a dynamic three dimensional globe where change in one region may produce impacts in another. This creates a need to expand the current climate change studies to encompass the entire globe. Evaporation is a key component ...

Evaporation in the Global Water Cycle Analysing Land Evaporation Using Satellite Observations

Zone-based data striping for cloud storage

Data centers in the Bcloud[ will need to support a wide range of applications, each with their own input/output (I/O) requirements. Some applications perform small and random I/O operations, whereas others demand high streaming bandwidth. In addition, in order to reduce costs, cloud data centers will contain thousands of commodity servers and network switches. Delivering high performance with u...

Differentiating transpiration from evaporation in seasonal agricultural wetlands and the link to advective fluxes in the root zone.

The current state of science and engineering related to analyzing wetlands overlooks the importance of transpiration and risks data misinterpretation. In response, we developed hydrologic and mass budgets for agricultural wetlands using electrical conductivity (EC) as a natural conservative tracer. We developed simple differential equations that quantify evaporation and transpiration rates usin...