REMOTE SENSING OF GLOBAL MONTHLY EVAPOTRANSPIRATION WITH AN ENERGY BALANCE (EB) MODEL

Monthly land cover-specific evapotranspiration models derived from global eddy flux measurements and remote sensing data

Yuan Fang, Ge Sun,* Peter Caldwell, Steven G. McNulty, Asko Noormets, Jean-Christophe Domec, John King, Zhiqiang Zhang, Xudong Zhang, Guanghui Lin, Guangsheng Zhou, Jingfeng Xiao and Jiquan Chen 1 Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA 2 Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Se...

Evapotranspiration Estimation with Remote Sensing and Various Surface Energy Balance Algorithms—A Review

With the advent of new satellite technology, the radiative energy exchanges between Sun, Earth, and space may now be quantified accurately. Nevertheless, much less is known about the magnitude of the energy flows within the climate system and at the Earth’s surface, which cannot be directly measured by satellites. This review surveys the basic theories, observational methods, and different surf...

Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration for Operational DroughtMonitoring Using Principles of Water and Energy Balance

Estimating Evapotranspiration of an Apple Orchard Using a Remote Sensing-Based Soil Water Balance

The main goal of this research was to estimate the actual evapotranspiration (ETc) of a drip-irrigated apple orchard located in the semi-arid region of Talca Valley (Chile) using a remote sensing-based soil water balance model. The methodology to estimate ETc is a modified version of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) dual crop coefficient approach, in which the b...

Application of a Remote Sensing Method for Estimating Monthly Blue Water Evapotranspiration in Irrigated Agriculture

In this paper we show the potential of combining actual evapotranspiration (ETactual) series obtained from remote sensing and land surface modelling, to monitor community practice in irrigation at a monthly scale. This study estimates blue water evapotranspiration (ETb) in irrigated agriculture in two study areas: the Horn of Africa (2010–2012) and the province of Sichuan (China) (2001–2010). B...