HR: 1330h
AN: H23B-07    [Abstracts]
TI: Mapping Energy Balance Fluxes in Riparian Areas Using SEBAL
AU: * Hendrickx, J M
EM: hendrick@nmt.edu
AF: New Mexico Tech, 801 LeRoy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 United States
AU: Hong, S
EM: hong@nmt.edu
AF: New Mexico Tech, 801 LeRoy Place, Socorro, NM 87801 United States
AU: Allen, R G
EM: rallen@kimberly.uidaho.edu
AF: University of Idaho, 3793 N. 3600 E., Kimberly, ID 83341 United States
AU: Bastiaanssen, W G
EM: w.bastiaanssen@WaterWatch.nl
AF: WaterWatch, Generaal Foulkesweg 28, Wageningen, 6703 BS Netherlands
AB: Accurate information on the distribution of evapotranspiration in arid riparian areas is needed for sustainable management of water resources as well as for a better understanding of water exchange processes between the land surface and the atmosphere. In this study, the Surface Energy Balance Algorithms for Land (SEBAL) was selected to determine the energy balance fluxes in the riparian areas of the Middle Rio Grande Basin (New Mexico), San Pedro River (Arizona) and Owens Valley (California). The objective is to compare SEBAL energy balance fluxes derived from LandSat TM images with those measured on the ground with eddy covariance towers. Good agreement was found between energy fluxes determined with SEBAL from LandSat TM images and those measured on the ground.
UR: http://www.ees.nmt.edu/EPSCoR/
DE: 1640 Remote sensing
DE: 1818 Evapotranspiration
DE: 1878 Water/energy interactions
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly