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View article: Salinity stress and water availability inferred from satellite leaf area index assimilated into a water-energy-crop model
Salinity stress and water availability inferred from satellite leaf area index assimilated into a water-energy-crop model Open
Purpose Climate change, increasing aridity, water scarcity and population growth, enhancing food demand and irrigated land expansion, are expected to increase the extent of salinity-affected areas. This study aims to combine the crop-energ…
View article: Thermal Multi-Sensor Assessment of the Spatial Sampling Behavior of Urban Landscapes Using 2D Turbulence Indicators
Thermal Multi-Sensor Assessment of the Spatial Sampling Behavior of Urban Landscapes Using 2D Turbulence Indicators Open
Understanding spatial variations in land surface temperature (LST) is critical for analyzing urban climate dynamics, especially within the framework of two-dimensional (2D) turbulence theory. This study assesses the spatial sampling behavi…
View article: Monitoring Urban Heat Islands: The Need for High-Resolution Thermal Satellite Missions
Monitoring Urban Heat Islands: The Need for High-Resolution Thermal Satellite Missions Open
Urban areas often experience higher temperatures than the surrounding rural regions, particularly at night, due to factors such as heat accumulation in buildings and pavements, reduced green spaces, and intensified human activities. This p…
View article: geeSSEBI: Evaluating Actual Evapotranspiration Estimated with a Google Earth Engine Implementation of S-SEBI
geeSSEBI: Evaluating Actual Evapotranspiration Estimated with a Google Earth Engine Implementation of S-SEBI Open
Quantifying and mapping evapotranspiration (ET) from land surfaces is crucial in the context of climate change. For decades, remote sensing data have been utilized to estimate ET, leading to the development of numerous algorithms. However,…
View article: Optimizing variable rate irrigation using model and satellite-based dynamic prescription maps
Optimizing variable rate irrigation using model and satellite-based dynamic prescription maps Open
Variable rate irrigation is usually based on prescription maps delineated according to a static approach. Irrigation rate and timing are optimized by sensor and/or models applied within homogenous zones whose spatial distribution is kept c…
View article: Spaceborne Radars for Mapping Surface and Subsurface Salt Pan Configuration: A Case Study of the Pozuelos Salt Flat in Northern Argentina
Spaceborne Radars for Mapping Surface and Subsurface Salt Pan Configuration: A Case Study of the Pozuelos Salt Flat in Northern Argentina Open
Lithium mining has become a controversial issue in the transition to green technologies due to the intervention in natural basins that impact the native flora and fauna in these environments. Large resources of this element are concentrate…
View article: Multimodel – multidata simulations for mapping evapotranspiration and its uncertainty of estimation from remote sensing data
Multimodel – multidata simulations for mapping evapotranspiration and its uncertainty of estimation from remote sensing data Open
Evapotranspiration (ET) is a fundamental element of the hydrological cycle which plays a major role on surface water balance and surface energy balance. At local scale, ET can be estimated from detailed ground observations, for example usi…
View article: Evapotranspiration mapping from remote sensing data: uncertainties and ensemble estimates based on multimodel – multidata simulations
Evapotranspiration mapping from remote sensing data: uncertainties and ensemble estimates based on multimodel – multidata simulations Open
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View article: Optimizing variable rate irrigation using model-based dynamic prescription maps
Optimizing variable rate irrigation using model-based dynamic prescription maps Open
Variable rate irrigation is usually based on prescription maps delineated according to a static approach. Irrigation rate and timing are optimised by sensor and/or modelling-based methods applied within homogenous zones whose spatial distr…
View article: Citizen science supporting agricultural monitoring with hundreds of low-cost sensors in comparison to remote sensing data
Citizen science supporting agricultural monitoring with hundreds of low-cost sensors in comparison to remote sensing data Open
The ever-increasing importance of irrigation monitoring and water-use optimization in agriculture calls for new solutions for a more complete understanding of the plant growth dynamic and the agricultural water cycle. In this study, the fi…
View article: Irrigation management though the assimilation of multiple remote sensing data into an energy-water-crop model
Irrigation management though the assimilation of multiple remote sensing data into an energy-water-crop model Open
<p>The agricultural sector is the biggest and least efficient water user, accounting for around 80% of total water use in South Europe, which will be further impacted by climate change in the incoming years. Precision agriculture too…
View article: Evapotranspiration Estimation with the S-SEBI Method from Landsat 8 Data against Lysimeter Measurements at the Barrax Site, Spain
Evapotranspiration Estimation with the S-SEBI Method from Landsat 8 Data against Lysimeter Measurements at the Barrax Site, Spain Open
Evapotranspiration (ET) is a variable of the climatic system and hydrological cycle that plays an important role in biosphere–atmosphere–hydrosphere interactions. In this paper, remote sensing-based ET estimates with the simplified surface…
View article: Synergistic Use of Multispectral Data and Crop Growth Modelling for Spatial and Temporal Evapotranspiration Estimations
Synergistic Use of Multispectral Data and Crop Growth Modelling for Spatial and Temporal Evapotranspiration Estimations Open
The aim of this research is to explore the analysis of methods allowing a synergetic use of information exchange between Earth Observation (EO) data and growth models in order to provide high spatial and temporal resolution actual evapotra…
View article: PAMPA BIOME ENVIRONMENTAL PARTICULARITIES REGARDING TO ENERGY BALANCE
PAMPA BIOME ENVIRONMENTAL PARTICULARITIES REGARDING TO ENERGY BALANCE Open
Ecosystem evapotranspiration (ET) has been quantified around the world by different methodologies to understand the energy balance, especially to control the evolution of climate change. It is known that the vegetation of the pampa biome i…
View article: THE EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN ENERGY BALANCE ESTIMATED BY S-SEBI MODEL
THE EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE IN ENERGY BALANCE ESTIMATED BY S-SEBI MODEL Open
Evapotranspiration (ET) is one of the least understood components of the hydrological cycle. Its application is varied, from agricultural, ecological and hydrological monitoring, to control of the evolution of climate change. The goal of t…
View article: The Influence of Land Surface Temperature in Evapotranspiration Estimated by the S-SEBI Model
The Influence of Land Surface Temperature in Evapotranspiration Estimated by the S-SEBI Model Open
Evapotranspiration (ET) is one of the least understood components of the hydrological cycle. Its applications are varied, from agricultural, ecological and hydrological monitoring, to control of the evolution of climate change. The goal of…
View article: SIM: smart irrigation from soil moisture forecast using satellite and hydro &#8211;meteorological modelling
SIM: smart irrigation from soil moisture forecast using satellite and hydro –meteorological modelling Open
<p>The conflicting use of water is becoming more and more evident, also in regions that are traditionally rich in water. With the world&#8217;s population projected to increase to 8.5 billion by 2030, the simultaneous growth in i…
View article: Near real-time estimation of Sea and Land surface temperature for MSG SEVIRI sensors
Near real-time estimation of Sea and Land surface temperature for MSG SEVIRI sensors Open
Land and Sea Surface Temperatures (LST and SST) are both recognized as Essential Climate Variables, and are\nroutinely retrieved by a wealth of satellites. However, for validated approaches, the latest data are usually not\navailable to th…
View article: An Improved Single-Channel Method to Retrieve Land Surface Temperature from the Landsat-8 Thermal Band
An Improved Single-Channel Method to Retrieve Land Surface Temperature from the Landsat-8 Thermal Band Open
Land surface temperature (LST) is one of the sources of input data for modeling land surface processes. The Landsat satellite series is the only operational mission with more than 30 years of archived thermal infrared imagery from which we…
View article: The Urban Heat Island Effect in the City of Valencia: A Case Study for Hot Summer Days
The Urban Heat Island Effect in the City of Valencia: A Case Study for Hot Summer Days Open
Extreme heat poses significant risks to the world’s growing urban population, and the heat stress to human health is likely to escalate with the anthropogenically increased temperatures projected by climate models. Thus, the additional hea…
View article: Permanent Stations for Calibration/Validation of Thermal Sensors over Spain
Permanent Stations for Calibration/Validation of Thermal Sensors over Spain Open
The Global Change Unit (GCU) at the University of Valencia has been involved in several calibration/validation (cal/val) activities carried out in dedicated field campaigns organized by ESA and other organisms. However, permanent stations …
View article: Influence of Component Temperature Derivation from Dual Angle Thermal Infrared Observations on TSEB Flux Estimates Over an Irrigated Vineyard
Influence of Component Temperature Derivation from Dual Angle Thermal Infrared Observations on TSEB Flux Estimates Over an Irrigated Vineyard Open
A two-source model for deriving surface energy fluxes and their soil and canopy components was evaluated using multi-angle airborne observations. In the original formulation (TSEB1), a single temperature observation, Priestley–Taylor param…