Mapping Energy Balance Fluxes in Riparian Areas Using SEBAL
Abstract
Accurate information on the distribution of evapotranspiration in arid riparian areas is needed for sustainable management of water resources as well as for a better understanding of water exchange processes between the land surface and the atmosphere. In this study, the Surface Energy Balance Algorithms for Land (SEBAL) was selected to determine the energy balance fluxes in the riparian areas of the Middle Rio Grande Basin (New Mexico), San Pedro River (Arizona) and Owens Valley (California). The objective is to compare SEBAL energy balance fluxes derived from LandSat TM images with those measured on the ground with eddy covariance towers. Good agreement was found between energy fluxes determined with SEBAL from LandSat TM images and those measured on the ground.
- Publication:
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AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- May 2005
- Bibcode:
- 2005AGUSM.H23B..07H
- Keywords:
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- 1640 Remote sensing;
- 1818 Evapotranspiration;
- 1878 Water/energy interactions