Estimating Evaporation from Satellite Remote Sensing

Eric F. Wood; Hongbo Su; Matthew McCabe; Bob Su

Estimating Evaporation from Satellite Remote Sensing

Eric F. Wood^*, Hongbo Su, Matthew McCabe, Bob Su

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Abstract

Evaporation provides the link between the energy and water budgets at the land surface. Accurate measurements of evaporation rates at large spatial scales are central to understanding land and atmosphere feedback. However, with the paucity of available surface observations for many portions of the globe, the use of modeled evaporation using satellite-based remotely sensed inputs is a potentially viable surrogate. The Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS), which estimates atmospheric turbulent heat fluxes and evaporative fraction using satellite derived radiation fluxes and surface temperatures coupled with near-surface meteorological variables, is used to estimate surface energy fluxes over the Oklahoma region of the USA during the warm season. These simulations are assessed by comparison with observations from the ARM-CART Energy Balance Bowen Ratio (EBBR).

Original language	English (US)
Pages	1163-1165
Number of pages	3
State	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes
Event	2003 IGARSS: Learning From Earth's Shapes and Colours - Toulouse, France Duration: Jul 21 2003 → Jul 25 2003

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Other	2003 IGARSS: Learning From Earth's Shapes and Colours
Country/Territory	France
City	Toulouse
Period	07/21/03 → 07/25/03

Keywords

ARM-CART
Evapotranspiration
MODIS

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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Estimating Evaporation from Satellite Remote Sensing

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