Use of satellite data to estimate radiation and evaporation for northwest Mexico

Incoming solar radiation was estimated from visible band data obtained by the GOES satellite over northwest Mexico. Comparisons against ground-based measurements of incoming solar radiation showed good agreement, particularly in months with low cloud cover. The data from an automatic weather station...

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Published in:Agricultural water management 1999, Vol.38 (3), p.181-193
Main Authors: Stewart, J.B., Watts, C.J., Rodriguez, J.C., De Bruin, H.A.R., van den Berg, A.R., Garatuza-Payán, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural and forest climatology and meteorology. Irrigation. Drainage
Agricultural and forest meteorology
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Biological and medical sciences
Climatology, meteorology
Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change
Earth, ocean, space
EVAPORACION
EVAPORATION
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General agronomy. Plant production
Generalities. Techniques. Climatology. Meteorology. Climatic models of plant production
Meteorology
MEXICO
MEXIQUE
RADIACION SOLAR
Radiation
RADIATION SOLAIRE
REMOTE SENSING
SATELITES
SATELLITE
SATELLITES
SOLAR RADIATION
TELEDETECCION
TELEDETECTION
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Summary:Incoming solar radiation was estimated from visible band data obtained by the GOES satellite over northwest Mexico. Comparisons against ground-based measurements of incoming solar radiation showed good agreement, particularly in months with low cloud cover. The data from an automatic weather station installed within the Yaqui Valley Irrigation Scheme was used to estimate potential evaporation from a formula based on incoming solar radiation and climatological values of temperature. The success of this formula was assessed by comparison against potential evaporation estimated using the Penman and Penman–Monteith formulae and measurements of net radiation.
ISSN:0378-3774
1873-2283
DOI:10.1016/S0378-3774(98)00068-7