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Improvements to a MODIS global terrestrial evapotranspiration algorithm

Qiaozhen Mu, +2 more
- 15 Aug 2011 - 
- Vol. 115, Iss: 8, pp 1781-1800
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In this article, an improved version of the global evapotranspiration (ET) algorithm based on MODIS and global meteorology data has been proposed, which simplifies the calculation of vegetation cover fraction, calculating ET as the sum of daytime and nighttime components, adding soil heat flux calculation, improving estimates of stomatal conductance, aerodynamic resistance and boundary layer resistance, separating dry canopy surface from the wet and dividing soil surface into saturated wet surface and moist surface.
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This article is published in Remote Sensing of Environment.The article was published on 2011-08-15. It has received 2052 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Evapotranspiration & Meteorological reanalysis.

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Modeling plant–water interactions: an ecohydrological overview from the cell to the global scale

TL;DR: In this paper, the main processes and relevant interactions between water and plants across a range of spatial scales, from the cell level of leaves, where stomatal controls occur, to drought stress at the level of a single tree, to the integrating scales of a watershed, region, and the globe are presented.
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Validation of MODIS 16 global terrestrial evapotranspiration products in various climates and land cover types in Asia

TL;DR: In this article, the authors validate global terrestrial MODIS ET in Asia, showing that a MODIS global terrestrial ET product can estimate actual evapotranspiration (ET) with reasonable accuracy.
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Higher climatological temperature sensitivity of soil carbon in cold than warm climates

TL;DR: The authors showed that carbon turnover in the top metre of global soils is more sensitive in cold climates than in warm climates and argued that it is critical to capture this emergent ecosystem property in global-scale models.
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The WACMOS-ET project – Part 1: Tower-scale evaluation of four remote-sensing-based evapotranspiration algorithms

TL;DR: In this paper, a forcing data set covering the period 2005-2007 was used to evaluate the performance of four algorithms: the Priestley-Taylor Jet Propulsion Laboratory model (PT-JPL), the Penman-Monteith algorithm from the MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) evaporation product (PM-MOD), the Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS), and the Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model (GLEAM).
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The Global Land Surface Satellite (GLASS) Product Suite

TL;DR: The Global Land Surface Satellite (GLASS) product suite as discussed by the authors contains 12 products, including leaf area index, fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation and fraction of green vegetation coverage, gross primary production, broadband albedo, broadband longwave emissivity, downward shortwave radiation and photosynthetic active radiation, land surface temperature, downward and upwelling thermal radiation, all-wave net radiation, and evapotranspiration.
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