NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

K Cawse-Nicholson, PA Townsend, D Schimel… - Remote sensing of …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The 2017–2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey, Thriving on Our Changing
Planet, recommended Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) as a “Designated Targeted …

A review of remote sensing based actual evapotranspiration estimation

K Zhang, JS Kimball… - Wiley interdisciplinary …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Evapotranspiration is a major component of the global water cycle and provides a critical
nexus between terrestrial water, carbon and surface energy exchanges. Evapotranspiration …

Multi-sensor remote sensing for drought characterization: current status, opportunities and a roadmap for the future

W Jiao, L Wang, MF McCabe - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Satellite based remote sensing offers one of the few approaches able to monitor the spatial
and temporal development of regional to continental scale droughts. A unique element of …

The FLUXCOM ensemble of global land-atmosphere energy fluxes

M Jung, S Koirala, U Weber, K Ichii, F Gans… - Scientific data, 2019‏ - nature.com
Although a key driver of Earth's climate system, global land-atmosphere energy fluxes are
poorly constrained. Here we use machine learning to merge energy flux measurements from …

The future of evapotranspiration: Global requirements for ecosystem functioning, carbon and climate feedbacks, agricultural management, and water resources

JB Fisher, F Melton, E Middleton, C Hain… - Water resources …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
The fate of the terrestrial biosphere is highly uncertain given recent and projected changes
in climate. This is especially acute for impacts associated with changes in drought frequency …

Increased control of vegetation on global terrestrial energy fluxes

G Forzieri, DG Miralles, P Ciais, R Alkama… - Nature Climate …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Abstract Changes in vegetation structure are expected to influence the redistribution of heat
and moisture; however, how variations in the leaf area index (LAI) affect this global energy …

Evolution of evapotranspiration models using thermal and shortwave remote sensing data

JM Chen, J Liu - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Evapotranspiration (ET) from the land surface is an important component of the terrestrial
hydrological cycle. Since the advent of Earth observation by satellites, various models have …

Complementary‐relationship‐based modeling of terrestrial evapotranspiration across China during 1982–2012: Validations and spatiotemporal analyses

N Ma, J Szilagyi, Y Zhang, W Liu - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Having recognized the limitations in spatial representativeness and/or temporal coverage of
(i) current ground ETa observations and (ii) land surface model‐and remote sensing‐based …

A review of global terrestrial evapotranspiration: Observation, modeling, climatology, and climatic variability

K Wang, RE Dickinson - Reviews of Geophysics, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
This review surveys the basic theories, observational methods, satellite algorithms, and land
surface models for terrestrial evapotranspiration, E (or λE, ie, latent heat flux), including a …

Evaluation of global terrestrial evapotranspiration using state-of-the-art approaches in remote sensing, machine learning and land surface modeling

S Pan, N Pan, H Tian, P Friedlingstein… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2020‏ - hess.copernicus.org
Evapotranspiration (ET) is critical in linking global water, carbon and energy cycles.
However, direct measurement of global terrestrial ET is not feasible. Here, we first reviewed …