Annual evapotranspiration retrieved from satellite vegetation indices for the eastern Mediterranean at 250 m spatial resolution

Helman, D.; Givati, A.; Lensky, I. M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-12567-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 21

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-12567-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-12567-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 21

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11 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 11 Nov 2015

Annual evapotranspiration retrieved from satellite vegetation indices for the eastern Mediterranean at 250 m spatial resolution

D. Helman, A. Givati, and I. M. Lensky

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RC C4492: 'Review of "Annual evapotranspiration retrieved solely from satellites’ vegetation indices for the Eastern Mediterranean"', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Jul 2015
- AC C5063: 'Response to Reviewer #2 comments', David Helman, 19 Jul 2015
RC C6076: 'Annual evapotranspiration retrieved solely from satellites’ vegetation indices for the Eastern Mediterranean', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Aug 2015
- AC C6389: 'Reply to Reviewer #1 comments', David Helman, 31 Aug 2015
AC C6390: 'Letter to the Editor & response to Referee's comments', David Helman, 31 Aug 2015

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Sep 2015) by Janne Rinne

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (28 Oct 2015) by Janne Rinne

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We present an empirical method to retrieve actual evapotranspiration (ET) at a spatial resolution of 250m for the eastern Mediterranean based on observed relationships between satellite vegetation indices and eddy covariance ET. Our model was successfully evaluated against two physically based models and calculated ET from water catchment balances along rainfall gradient. In the absence of high-resolution models, our model is expected to contribute to the ecohydrological study of this region.