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 …

Evapotranspiration estimation with small UAVs in precision agriculture

H Niu, D Hollenbeck, T Zhao, D Wang, YQ Chen - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Estimating evapotranspiration (ET) has been one of the most critical research areas in
agriculture because of water scarcity, the growing population, and climate change. The …

Calibration‐free complementary relationship estimates terrestrial evapotranspiration globally

N Ma, J Szilagyi, Y Zhang - Water Resources Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While large‐scale terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) information is essential for our
understanding of the Earth's water and energy cycles, substantial differences exist in current …

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 …

Droughts in a warming climate: A global assessment of Standardized precipitation index (SPI) and Reconnaissance drought index (RDI)

MAA Zarch, B Sivakumar, A Sharma - Journal of hydrology, 2015 - Elsevier
Both drought and aridity indicate imbalance in water availability. While drought is a natural
temporal hazard, aridity is a constant climatic feature. This paper investigates the changes in …

Modeling reference evapotranspiration using extreme learning machine and generalized regression neural network only with temperature data

Y Feng, Y Peng, N Cui, D Gong, K Zhang - Computers and Electronics in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation of reference evapotranspiration (ET 0) is essential to agricultural water
management. The present study developed two artificial intelligence models for daily ET 0 …

A comprehensive evaluation of two MODIS evapotranspiration products over the conterminous United States: Using point and gridded FLUXNET and water balance …

NM Velpuri, GB Senay, RK Singh, S Bohms… - Remote Sensing of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Remote sensing datasets are increasingly being used to provide spatially explicit large
scale evapotranspiration (ET) estimates. Extensive evaluation of such large scale estimates …

Separating the impacts of climate change and human activities on runoff using the Budyko-type equations with time-varying parameters

C Jiang, L Xiong, D Wang, P Liu, S Guo, CY Xu - Journal of Hydrology, 2015 - Elsevier
The Budyko-type equations have begun to be widely adopted to separate the contributions
of climate change and human activities to the variation of runoff over long-term periods by …

Hybrid particle swarm optimization with extreme learning machine for daily reference evapotranspiration prediction from limited climatic data

B Zhu, Y Feng, D Gong, S Jiang, L Zhao… - Computers and Electronics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate prediction of reference evapotranspiration (ET o) is pivotal to the determination of
crop water requirement and irrigation scheduling in agriculture as well as water resources …

Analysis of spatial distribution and temporal trend of reference evapotranspiration and pan evaporation in Changjiang (Yangtze River) catchment

C Xu, L Gong, T Jiang, D Chen, VP Singh - Journal of hydrology, 2006 - Elsevier
In this study the Penman–Monteith reference evapotranspiration, pan evaporation measured
by a 20cm pan, and pan coefficient, ie, the ratio of Penman–Monteith evapotranspiration to …