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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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Response of the water use efficiency of natural vegetation to drought in Northeast China

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the spatio-temporal evolution law of the water use efficiency (WUE) of the main natural vegetation (i.e., cold-temperate coniferous forests, temperate pine-broad-leaved mixed forests, and grasslands) in Northeast China based on public MODIS data products.
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Geostatistical improvements of evapotranspiration spatial information using satellite land surface and weather stations data

TL;DR: In this paper, a simple cokriging methodology was used to characterize the spatial variability of Penman-Monteith reference evapotranspiration and Thornthwaite potential evapOTranspiration methods based on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spetroradiometer (MODIS) global evapotspiration products and high-resolution surfaces of WordClim temperature and precipitation data.
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Changes of actual evapotranspiration and its components in the Yangtze River valley during 1980–2014 from satellite assimilation product

TL;DR: In this article, a processed-based GLEAM (global land-surface evaporation: the Amsterdam methodology) satellite assimilation product has been validated in the Yangtze River valley on the observations of flux and the water balance method.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the performance and validity of the MODIS vegetation indices (VI), the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index(EVI), produced at 1-km and 500-m resolutions and 16-day compositing periods.
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TL;DR: In this article, a diagram has been devised that can provide a concise statistical summary of how well patterns match each other in terms of their correlation, their root-mean-square difference, and the ratio of their variances.
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