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Evaluation of the MOD16A2 evapotranspiration product in an agricultural area of Argentina, the Pampas region
2021
The Pampas Region is a big plain of approximately 520,000 km2 in Argentina. It is essential to estimate evapotranspiration (ET) in this region since the primary productivity is directly linked to water availability. Information provided by satellite missions allows monitoring the spatial and temporal variability of ET. In the current study, we evaluated the version 006 of MOD16A2 product (MOD16A2.006) of Potential Evapotranspiration (ETp) and Actual Evapotranspiration (ETa) in Argentinian Pampas Region (APR). MOD16A2.006 product was compared with Crop Evapotranspiration (ETc), calculated with local measurements from the Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario (ORA), and Crop Coefficient (Kc) data (f…
Early assessment of crop yield from remotely sensed water stress and solar radiation data
2018
Soil moisture (SM) available for evapotranspiration is crucial for food security, given the significant interannual yield variability of rainfed crops in large agricultural regions. Also, incoming solar radiation (Rs) influences the photosynthetic rate of vegetated surfaces and can affect productivity. The aim of this work is to evaluate the ability of crop water stress and Rs remotely sensed data to forecast yield at regional scale. Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI) was computed as an indicator of crop water stress and soil moisture availability. TVDI during critical growth stage of crops was calculated from MODIS products: MODIS/AQUA 8-day composite LST at 1 km and 16-day compos…
Assessment of the Potential Evapotranspiration MODIS Product Using Ground Measurements in the Pampas
2018
Evapotranspiration is the hydrological variable of greatest relevance in the Argentina Pampas Region (APR). The estimation of potential evapotranspiration (PET) in this area becomes essential since primary productivity is directly linked to water availability. In order to evaluate the MOD16_A2 product of evapotranspiration (ET), a comparison with in situ measurements was conducted. We used ET data provided by the Oficina de Riesgo Agropecuario, corresponding to 24 stations placed in the region covering all seasons for the years 2012 to 2014. Results show an overestimation of 86% and 52% in Autumn-Winter and Spring-Summer, respectively. Mean Absolut Error (MAE) range between ±0.9 and ±2.1 mm…
Development of a general model to estimate the instantaneous, daily, and daytime net radiation with satellite data on clear-sky days
2015
Net radiation is a key variable in computing evapotranspiration and is a driving force in many other physical and biological processes. Remote sensing techniques provide an unparalleled spatial and temporal coverage of land-surface attributes, and thus several studies have attempted to estimate net radiation by combining remote sensing observations with surface and atmospheric data. However, remote sensing provides instantaneous data, when many applications and models need information at other temporal scales. In this work, a new general methodology is proposed to estimate daily and daytime net radiation and to retrieve the diurnal cycle of net radiation. Four images were acquired on differ…
Estimate of the alpha parameter in an oat crop under rain-fed conditions
2012
In this article, we estimated the alpha parameter of the Priestley–Taylor model under rain-fed conditions. This study was conducted in an oat crop, from 7 September to 22 October 2009, in a region of subhumid plains (Tandil, Argentina). An energy balance station was installed within the experimental field to monitor its development. The alpha parameter value obtained was 1.41 ± 0.01, which led to an overestimation of the evapotranspiration of just 2% and a relative error in estimating evapotranspiration of 8%. The results suggest that the alpha parameter obtained is adequate in estimating the evapotranspiration of oat crops or similar crops in subhumid plains of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cop…
SMOS Level-2 Soil Moisture Product Evaluation in Rain-Fed Croplands of the Pampean Region of Argentina
2016
A field campaign was carried out to evaluate the Soil Moisture (SM) MIR-SMUDP2 product (v5.51) generated from the data of the Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS) aboard the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission. The study area was the Pampean Region of Argentina, which was selected because it is a vast area of flatlands containing quite homogeneous rain-fed croplands, which are considered SMOS nominal land uses and hardly affected by radio-frequency interference contamination. Transects of ground handheld SM measurements were performed using ThetaProbe ML2x probes within four Icosahedral Snyder Equal Area Earth (ISEA) grid nodes, where permanent SM statio…
A method for soil moisture probes calibration and validation of satellite estimates
2017
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Desarrollo de un modelo general para la estimación de la radiación neta con imágenes de satélite
2013
La radiación neta, Rn, representa la suma de todas las contribuciones de flujos de radiación de onda corta y larga que entran y salen de la superficie. El estudio de la Rn es de gran importancia, dado que es el parámetro de entrada en el cálculo de la evapotranspiración y variable principal de diversos procesos físicos y biológicos a nivel de superficie. Su interés no se limita al registro de datos puntuales, sino que es de gran utilidad poder conocer su variación espacio-temporal a escala regional. La variabilidad espacial de la Rn se modela adecuadamente con el uso conjunto de medidas de terreno, datos atmosféricos e imágenes de satélite, obteniéndose como producto un mapa regional de su …