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Mapping evaporation and estimation of surface control of evaporation using remotely sensed land surface temperature from a constellation of satellites
Author(s) -
Bateni S. M.,
Entekhabi D.,
Castelli F.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1002/wrcr.20071
Subject(s) - evaporation , environmental science , vegetation (pathology) , surface (topology) , vegetation cover , remote sensing , land cover , potential evaporation , bowen ratio , diffusion , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , geology , sensible heat , land use , geography , mathematics , thermodynamics , physics , geometry , engineering , medicine , civil engineering , pathology
Key Points LST is assimilated to heat diffusion equation to estimate evaporation. Evaporation estimations are used to study the surface control on evaporation. Dependence of EF‐soil moisture relationship on vegetation cover is examined.