Research Article

A New Evapotranspiration Model Accounting for Advection and Its Validation during SMEX02

Table 1

Meteorological data and remote sensing data used in this study.

Instantaneous estimation
(satellite overpass time value)
Daily ET estimation
(daily mean value)

Meteorological variables
 Incoming solar radiation (W/m2)958344.72
 Air temperature (°C)29.3527.31
 Water vapour pressure (kPa)2.22.22
 Wind speed (m/s)5.325.16
 Atmospheric pressure (kPa)98.298.5
Remote sensing dataLandsat ETM+
 Overpass time (Local time)11:4011:40
 Model resolution60 m60 m
 LST resolution60 m60 m
 Albedo60 m60 m
 Emissivity60 m60 m
 ClassificationAggregated from Landsat based classification