EEFlux: A landsat-based evapotranspiration mapping tool on the Google Earth Engine

Richard Allen, Charles Morton, Baburao Kamble, Ayse Kilic, Justin Huntington, David Thau, Noel Gorelick, Tyler Erickson, Rebecca Moore, Ricardo Trezza, Ian Ratcliffe, Clarence Robison

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Abstract

"EEFlux" is an acronym for 'Earth Engine Evapotranspiration Flux.' EEFlux is based on the operational surface energy balance model "METRIC (Mapping ET at high Resolution with Internalized Calibration), and is a Landsat-imagebased process. Landsat imagery supports the production of ET maps at resolutions of 30 m, which is the scale of many human-impacted and human-interest activities including agricultural fields, forest clearcuts and vegetation systems along streams. ET over extended time periods provides valuable information regarding impacts of water consumption on Earth resources and on humans. EEFlux uses North American Land Data Assimilation System hourly gridded weather data collection for energy balance calibration and time integration of ET. Reference ET is calculated using the ASCE (2005) Penman-Monteith and GridMET weather data sets. The Statsgo soil data base of the USDA provides soil type information. EEFlux will be freely available to the public and includes a web-based operating console. This work has been supported by Google, Inc. and is possible due to the free Landsat image access afforded by the USGS.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationJoint ASABE/IA Irrigation Symposium 2015
Subtitle of host publicationEmerging Technologies for Sustainable Irrigation
PublisherAmerican Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Pages424-433
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781510815513
StatePublished - 2015
EventJoint ASABE/IA Irrigation Symposium 2015: Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Irrigation - Long Beach, United States
Duration: Nov 10 2015Nov 12 2015

Publication series

NameJoint ASABE/IA Irrigation Symposium 2015: Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Irrigation

Conference

ConferenceJoint ASABE/IA Irrigation Symposium 2015: Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Irrigation
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLong Beach
Period11/10/1511/12/15

Keywords

  • Energy balance
  • Evapotranspiration
  • Google Earth Engine
  • Landsat
  • Remote sensing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Soil Science

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