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WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER
Volume 3, Issue 6, Pages 834-853Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1168
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- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2015B28514]
- Thousand Young Talents Program
- NASA Terrestrial Hydrology project [NNX15AB59G]
- Office Of The Director
- Office of Integrative Activities [1443108] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Evapotranspiration is a major component of the global water cycle and provides a critical nexus between terrestrial water, carbon and surface energy exchanges. Evapotranspiration is inherently difficult to measure and predict especially at large spatial scales. Remote sensing provides a cost-effective method to estimate evapotranspiration at regional to global scales. In the past three decades a large number of studies on remote sensing based evapotranspiration estimation have emerged. This review summarizes the basic theories underpinning current remote sensing based evapotranspiration estimation methods. It also lays out the development history of these methods and compares their advantages and limitations. Several key directions for further study are identified and discussed, including identification of uncertainty sources in remote sensing evapotranspiration models, merging of different remote sensing methods, application of data assimilation and fusion techniques in producing robust evapotranspiration estimates, and utilization of multi-source remote sensing data and latest sensor technologies. Further advances in the remote sensing of evapotranspiration will enhance capabilities for monitoring of the global water and energy cycles, including water availability and ecosystem responses and feedbacks to climate change and human impacts. (C) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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