Remotely-sensed regional-scale evapotranspiration of a semi-arid Great Basin desert and its relationship to geomorphology, soils, and vegetation
Bilan énergétique ; Domaine semi-aride ; Désert ; Eau de surface ; Etats-Unis ; Evapotranspiration ; Great Basin ; LANDSAT ; Nevada ; Thematic Mapper ; Télédétection ; Végétation
Desert ; Energy balance ; Evapotranspiration ; Great Basin ; LANDSAT ; Nevada ; Remote sensing ; Semi-arid area ; Surface water ; Thematic Mapper ; United States of America ; Vegetation
Landsat thematic mapper data are used to estimate instantaneous regional-scale surface water and energy fluxes in a semi-arid Great Basin desert of the western United States. Results suggest that it is possible to scale from point measurements