Serviços Personalizados
Artigo
Indicadores
Links relacionados
Citado por Google
Similares em Google
Compartilhar
Water SA
versão On-line ISSN 1816-7950
versão impressa ISSN 0378-4738
Resumo
GOKOO, S; CHETTY, KT; JEWITT, GPW e HEERALAL, A. Estimating total evaporation at the field scale using the SEBS model and data infilling procedures. Water SA [online]. 2016, vol.42, n.4, pp.673-683. ISSN 1816-7950. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/wsa.v42i4.18.
The spatial representativeness of total evaporation estimates (ET) acquired from conventional approaches is limited, as these techniques generally provide site-specific values. The use of satellite earth observation has shown a great deal of potential in capturing spatially representative hydro-meteorological flux data and therefore represents a practical alternative for estimating ET. However, one of the challenges facing ET estimation using satellite earth observation data is the effect of clouds, which reduce the number of satellite images available for use. The objectives of this paper were firstly to validate satellite-derived ET estimates against estimates acquired from a surface renewal system and, secondly, to assess the feasibility of two infilling techniques to create a daily satellite-derived ET time series. The Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) model was used to derive daily ET using MODIS imagery. Two infilling approaches, the Kc approach and a linear interpolation approach, were evaluated by comparing their respective values against in-situ ET measurements, as well as SEBS ET estimates derived using MODIS. The results showed that SEBS ET estimates were approximately 47% higher and produced R2 and RMSE values of 0.33 and 2.19 mm-d-1, respectively, compared to in-situ ET values. The ET estimates obtained by applying the Kcapproach and the linear interpolation approach compared favourably with the in-situ ET values, producing RMSE values of 0.9 mm-d-1and 0.6 mm-d-1, respectively. However, comparisons of ET estimates acquired by applying the Kcact approach and the linear interpolation approach against the SEBS ET indicated a poor match, yielding RMSE values of 1.96 mm-d-1and 1.54 mm-d-1, respectively.
Palavras-chave : satellite earth observation; SEBS Model; ET; infilling; surface renewal system.
![](/img/en/iconPDFDocument.gif)