A review of global terrestrial evapotranspiration: Observation, modeling, climatology, and climatic variability

K Wang, RE Dickinson - Reviews of Geophysics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This review surveys the basic theories, observational methods, satellite algorithms, and land
surface models for terrestrial evapotranspiration, E (or λE, ie, latent heat flux), including a …

Drought stress effects and olive tree acclimation under a changing climate

C Brito, LT Dinis, J Moutinho-Pereira, CM Correia - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Increasing consciousness regarding the nutritional value of olive oil has enhanced the
demand for this product and, consequently, the expansion of olive tree cultivation. Although …

Tree cooling effects and human thermal comfort under contrasting species and sites

MA Rahman, C Hartmann, A Moser-Reischl… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2020 - Elsevier
The potential of urban greenspaces in regulating temperature is widely known; however, in
the heterogeneous urban landscape the process and the magnitude of human thermal …

Transpiration of urban forests in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

DE Pataki, HR McCarthy, E Litvak… - Ecological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Despite its importance for urban planning, landscape management, and water management,
there are very few in situ estimates of urban‐forest transpiration. Because urban forests …

Understanding olive adaptation to abiotic stresses as a tool to increase crop performance

JE Fernandez - Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work we give an overview of both morphological characteristics and physiological
mechanisms responsible for the high adaptability of olive to harsh environments, and how …

Microclimatic differences and their influence on transpirational cooling of Tilia cordata in two contrasting street canyons in Munich, Germany

MA Rahman, A Moser, T Rötzer, S Pauleit - Agricultural and Forest …, 2017 - Elsevier
Urban trees can help to mitigate the urban heat island through evapotranspiration. However,
growing conditions in cities are heterogeneous and micrometeorological conditions in street …

Prediction of crop coefficients from fraction of ground cover and height: Practical application to vegetable, field and fruit crops with focus on parameterization

LS Pereira, P Paredes, F Melton, L Johnson… - Agricultural Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
The A&P approach, developed by Allen and Pereira (2009), estimates single and basal crop
coefficients (K c and K cb) from the observed fraction of ground cover (fc) and crop height …

Midday stem water potential as a useful tool for estimating irrigation requirements in olive trees

A Moriana, D Pérez-López, MH Prieto… - Agricultural Water …, 2012 - Elsevier
Irrigation scheduling of fruit trees according to the water balance showed significant
differences between locations. In recent years, water status measurements such as leaf …

A regulated deficit irrigation strategy for hedgerow olive orchards with high plant density

JE Fernández, A Perez-Martin, JM Torres-Ruiz… - Plant and soil, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background & Aims There is not a consensus on the best irrigation approach for
super-high density (SHD) olive orchards. Our aim was to design and test a regulated deficit …

Precision oliviculture: research topics, challenges, and opportunities—a review

E Roma, P Catania - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been an increase in the agricultural area
devoted to olive growing and in the consumption of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). The …