Title :
Irrigation monitoring by following the water balance from NOAA-AVHRR thermal infrared data
Author :
Vidal, Alain ; Perrier, Alian
Author_Institution :
CEMAGREF/ENGREF Remote Sensing Lab., Montpellier, France
fDate :
9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Thermal infrared data from NOAA-AVHRR are used to map surface temperature with pixels of 1 km2. Physical relationships give evapotranspiration from surface temperature and readily available meteorological parameters. Maps of evapotranspiration are then made for areas where sugarcane is dominant and are used to follow the water balance and to manage the irrigation for this crop
Keywords :
agriculture; atmospheric temperature; hydrological techniques; monitoring; remote sensing; water supply; 10.3 to 12.5 micron; Earth surface temperature mapping; Gharb irrigated area; Morocco; NOAA-AVHRR thermal infrared data; NW Africa; crop irrigation monitoring; evapotranspiration; meteorological parameters; middle-IR; satellite thermal IR data; sugarcane; water balance; Equations; Infrared surveillance; Irrigation; Land surface; Land surface temperature; Meteorology; Monitoring; Ocean temperature; Satellite broadcasting; Sea surface;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
