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Multi-scales and multi-satellites estimates of evapotranspiration with a residual energy balance model in the Muzza agricultural district in Northern Italy

•Evapotranspiration estimates through a residual energy balance model.•Land surface temperature reliability at different spatial scales and its impact on energy fluxes.•Intercomparison of land surface temperature estimates from different satellites. Evapotranspiration estimates were performed with a...

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Published in:Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) 2015-05, Vol.524, p.243-254
Main Authors: Corbari, C., Bissolati, M., Mancini, M.
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Language:English
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Summary:•Evapotranspiration estimates through a residual energy balance model.•Land surface temperature reliability at different spatial scales and its impact on energy fluxes.•Intercomparison of land surface temperature estimates from different satellites. Evapotranspiration estimates were performed with a residual energy balance model (REB) over an agricultural area using remote sensing data. REB uses land surface temperature (LST) as main input parameter so that energy fluxes were computed instantaneously at the time of data acquisition. Data from MODIS and SEVIRI sensors were used and downscaling techniques were implemented to improve their spatial resolutions. Energy fluxes at the original spatial resolutions (1000m for MODIS and 5000m for SEVIRI) as well as at the downscaled resolutions (250m for MODIS and 1000m for SEVIRI) were calculated with the REB model. Ground eddy covariance data and remote sensing information from the Muzza agricultural irrigation district in Italy from 2010 to 2012 gave the opportunity to validate and compare spatially distributed energy fluxes. The model outputs matched quite well ground observations when ground LST data were used, while differences increased when MODIS and SEVIRI LST were used. The spatial analysis revealed significant differences between the two sensors both in term of LST (around 2.8°C) and of latent heat fluxes with values (around 100Wm−2).
ISSN:0022-1694
1879-2707
DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.02.041