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Evapotranspiration terminology and definitions Evapotranspiration terminology and definitions
Evapotranspiration (ET), the combined process of evaporation from soil and plant surfaces and transpiration from plant tissue, plays a pivotal role in the global water and energy balance. Accurately quantifying ET at various spatial scales is important for diverse applications, including irrigation and natural resource management. While efforts to standardize ET methodology have...
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Kendall C. DeJonge, Richard Allen, Ayse Kilic, Kelly R. Thorp, Meetpal Kukal, Gary Marek, Jon Altenhofen, Devendra Amatya, Philip Blankenau, Sumon Datta, Garry Grabow, Ahmed Hashem, Isaya Kisekka, Jeppe Kjaersgaard, Thomas Marek, Troy Peters, Dana Porter, Michelle Reba, Daran Rudnick, Gabriel B. Senay, Vivek Sharma, Venkataramana Sridhar, Ge Sun, Saleh Taghvaeian, Ricardo Trezza, Thomas Trout
Toward a near-lossless image compression strategy for the NASA/USGS Landsat Next mission Toward a near-lossless image compression strategy for the NASA/USGS Landsat Next mission
As orbiting Earth imaging platforms carry more complex and capable instruments, efficient methods are needed to reduce the time and cost associated with storing and downlinking greater volumes of image data. The upcoming NASA/USGS Landsat Next mission, with an increase in spatial and spectral resolution over previous Landsat missions, is no exception. Landsat Next will produce nearly six...
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Rehman S. Eon, Craig De Groot, Jeffrey A. Pedelty, Aaron Gerace, Matthew Montanaro, Richard K. Covington, Amy S. DeLisa, Wen-Ting Hsieh, Joy M. Hengear-leon, Douglas J. Daniels, Christopher Engebretson, Christopher J. Crawford, Thomas R.H. Holmes, Philip Dabney, Bruce D. Cook
A novel approach to increase accuracy in remotely sensed evapotranspiration through basin water balance and flux tower constraints A novel approach to increase accuracy in remotely sensed evapotranspiration through basin water balance and flux tower constraints
Remote sensing-derived evapotranspiration (RSET) products capture the spatiotemporal variations of evapotranspiration (ET) from field to basin scales with unprecedented details. However, their accuracy varies across RSET estimation methods and diverse hydroclimate regions. While ET modeling efforts to account for biophysical processes and controlling parameters have made good progress in...
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Kul Bikram Khand, Gabriel B. Senay, MacKenzie Friedrichs, Koong Yi, Joshua Fisher, Lixin Wang, Kosana Suvočarev, Arman Ahmadi, Housen Chu, Stephen P. Good, Kanishka Mallick, Justine E.C. Missik, Jacob A. Nelson, David E. Reed, Tianxin Wang, Xiangming Xiao
Chapter three - Global SSEBop actual evapotranspiration modeling and mapping using the VIIRS data Chapter three - Global SSEBop actual evapotranspiration modeling and mapping using the VIIRS data
AActual evapotranspiration (ETa) is an essential climate variable that can be used for drought monitoring and water availability assessment because of its close connection with vegetation, soil moisture, and the water cycle. An operational ETa using the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and global weather datasets was developed through the Simplified Surface Energy...
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Gabriel B. Senay, Stefanie Kagone, Kul Bikram Khand, Gabriel Edwin Lee Parrish, Claudia Young, Michael Budde
ECCOE Landsat quarterly Calibration and Validation report—Quarter 4, 2024 ECCOE Landsat quarterly Calibration and Validation report—Quarter 4, 2024
Executive Summary The U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Calibration and Validation (Cal/Val) Center of Excellence focuses on improving the accuracy, precision, calibration, and product quality of remote-sensing data, leveraging years of multiscale optical system geometric and radiometric calibration and characterization experience. The Earth Resources...
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Md Obaidul Haque, Nahid Hasan, Ashish Shrestha, Rajagopalan Rengarajan, Mark Lubke, Daniel Steinwand, Paul Bresnahan, Jerad L. Shaw, Kathryn Ruslander, Esad Micijevic, Michael J. Choate, Cody Anderson, Jeff Clauson, Kurt Thome, Ed Kaita, Raviv Levy, Jeff Miller, Leibo Ding, Cibele Teixeira Pinto
Brief communication: Not as dirty as they look, flawed airborne and satellite snow spectra Brief communication: Not as dirty as they look, flawed airborne and satellite snow spectra
Key to the success of spaceborne missions is understanding snowmelt in our warming climate, as this has implications for nearly 2 billion people. An obstacle is that surface reflectance products over snow show an erroneous hook with decreases in the visible wavelengths, causing per-band and broadband reflectance errors of up to 33 % and 11 %, respectively. This hook is sometimes mistaken...
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Edward Bair, Dar Roberts, David R. Thompson, Philip Brodrick, Brent Wilder, Niklas Bohn, Christopher J. Crawford, Nimrod Carmon, Carrie Vuyovich, Jeff Dozier
In situ, modeled, and earth observation monitoring of surface water availability in West African rangelands In situ, modeled, and earth observation monitoring of surface water availability in West African rangelands
Introduction: Rangeland ponds are vital to the livelihoods of pastoral and agropastoral communities in Africa, providing an important source of water for livestock. However, sparse instrumentation across much of Africa makes it extremely challenging to monitor surface water availability in these areas. Model estimates of surface water, for example, as used by the Famine Early Warning...
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Kimberly Slinski, Gabriel B. Senay, Alkhalil Adoum, Shraddhanand Shukla, Amy McNally, James Rowland, Erwan Fillol, Soni Yatheendradas, Chris Funk, Andrew Hoell, Michael Jasinski
Resiliency of land change monitoring efforts to input data resampling Resiliency of land change monitoring efforts to input data resampling
The geometric transformation of remotely sensed imagery from one map projection to another necessitates a data resampling operation which alters the recorded values. The global Landsat archive is made available in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection system which preserves geographic shape across small area but introduces small errors in distance and area. As remote sensing...
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Nathan C. Healey, Christopher P. Barber, Kelcy Smith, Rohan Mital, Jesslyn F. Brown, Charles Robison
Validation of the geometric accuracy of airborne light detection and ranging data for eastern Iowa, 2019 Validation of the geometric accuracy of airborne light detection and ranging data for eastern Iowa, 2019
A geometric accuracy assessment of lidar data collected in eastern Iowa in 2019 as part of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) was conducted. The assessment involved evaluating interswath accuracy, same surface precision, point density, absolute accuracy, and consistency with adjacent 3DEP datasets. The results demonstrate that the data meet or exceed the quality level 2 specifications...
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Aparajithan Sampath, Jeffrey Irwin, Travis Kropuenske
Assessing gap-filled Landsat land surface temperature time-series data using different observational datasets Assessing gap-filled Landsat land surface temperature time-series data using different observational datasets
Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD)-based time-series present challenges in monitoring surface urban heat islands (SUHI) due to rapid changes in land surface temperature (LST) compared to cloud-free satellite observations. This research investigates the use of a spatiotemporal gap-filling model as a feasible and cost-effective solution to produce Landsat time-series LST products with both...
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Hua Shi, George Z. Xian
Design, installation, and operation of a statewide crest-stage streamgage network in Ohio — Summary of methods and results 2021 to 2025 Design, installation, and operation of a statewide crest-stage streamgage network in Ohio — Summary of methods and results 2021 to 2025
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Branden L. VonIns, Christopher J. Crawford
System characterization report on Resourcesat-2A Advanced Wide Field Sensor System characterization report on Resourcesat-2A Advanced Wide Field Sensor
Executive Summary This report documents the system characterization of the Indian Space Research Organisation Resourcesat-2A Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS) and is part of a series of system characterization reports produced by the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Cal/Val Center of Excellence. These reports describe the methodology and procedures used for
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Mahesh Shrestha, Minsu Kim, Aparajithan Sampath, Jeffrey Clauson