Evaluation and development of empirical models for estimating daily solar radiation

B Jahani, Y Dinpashoh, AR Nafchi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, accuracy and suitability of eleven models from three different categories for
estimating daily solar radiation in Iran were evaluated. For this purpose, daily meteorological …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison between the application of empirical and ANN methods for estimation of daily global solar radiation in Iran

B Jahani, B Mohammadi - Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2019 - Springer
The present study generally aims to provide a comparison between the performance and
suitability of different types of models for estimation of daily global solar radiation in Iran …

A review of the Bowen ratio surface energy balance method for quantifying evapotranspiration and other energy fluxes

S Irmak, KE Skaggs, S Chatterjee - Transactions of the ASABE, 2014 - elibrary.asabe.org
The Bowen ratio energy balance (BREB) method of indirect measurement of latent and
sensible heat fluxes and other major components of the surface energy balance is accepted …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of the methods for determining net radiation at different time-scales of meteorological variables

N An, S Hemmati, YJ Cui - Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical …, 2017 - Elsevier
When modeling the soil/atmosphere interaction, it is of paramount importance to determine
the net radiation flux. There are two common calculation methods for this purpose. Method 1 …

Development of a hybrid method for estimating land surface shortwave net radiation from MODIS data

HY Kim, S Liang - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation of shortwave net radiation (Sn) at a high spatial resolution is critical for
regional and global land surface models. Current surface radiation budget products have …

Estimation of daily average net radiation from MODIS data and DEM over the Baiyangdian watershed in North China for clear sky days

D Long, Y Gao, VP Singh - Journal of Hydrology, 2010 - Elsevier
Daily average net radiation (DANR) is a critical variable for estimation of daily
evapotranspiration (ET) from remote sensing techniques at watershed or regional scales …

Using remote sensing to evaluate the spatial variability of evapotranspiration and crop coefficient in the lower Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico

Z Samani, AS Bawazir, M Bleiweiss, R Skaggs… - Irrigation Science, 2009 - Springer
Pecan is a major crop in the lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV), New Mexico. Currently, about
11,000 ha of pecan orchards at various stages of growth are consuming about 40% of …

Impact of scale/resolution on evapotranspiration from Landsat and MODIS images

V Sharma, A Kilic, S Irmak - Water Resources Research, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the role of landscape heterogeneity and its influence on the scaling behavior
of surface fluxes as observed by satellite sensors with different spatial resolutions is a critical …

Impacts of the broadband albedo on actual evapotranspiration estimated by S-SEBI model over an agricultural area

C Mattar, B Franch, JA Sobrino, C Corbari… - Remote sensing of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Surface albedo and emissivity are essential variables in surface energy balance. In recent
decades, several land surface energy models have used both surface broadband albedo …

Evaluating on-farm irrigation efficiency across the watershed: a case study of New Mexico's Lower Rio Grande Basin

R Ahadi, Z Samani, R Skaggs - Agricultural Water Management, 2013 - Elsevier
Irrigation efficiency is a critical factor in irrigation water management. Irrigation efficiency is
used in economic analysis when selecting an irrigation system design, and in irrigation …