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dc.contributor.authorAndreu, Ana
dc.contributor.authorDube, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorNieto, Hector
dc.contributor.authorMudau, Azwitamisi E.
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Dugo, María P.
dc.contributor.authorGuzinski, Radoslaw
dc.contributor.authorHülsmanng, Stephan
dc.contributor.otherProducció Vegetalca
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-29T16:30:40Z
dc.date.available2020-04-29T16:30:40Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-06
dc.identifier.citationAndreu, Ana, Timothy Dube, Hector Nieto, Azwitamisi E. Mudau, María P. González-Dugo, Radoslaw Guzinski, and Stephan Hülsmann. 2019. "Remote Sensing Of Water Use And Water Stress In The African Savanna Ecosystem At Local Scale – Development And Validation Of A Monitoring Tool". Physics And Chemistry Of The Earth, Parts A/B/C 112: 154-164. doi:10.1016/j.pce.2019.02.004.ca
dc.identifier.issn1474-7065ca
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/765
dc.description.abstractSavannas are among the most productive biomes of Africa, where they comprise half of its surface. They support wildlife, livestock, rangelands, crops, and livelihoods, playing an important socioeconomic role in rural areas. These water-limited ecosystems with seasonal water availability are highly sensitive to changes in both climate conditions, and in land-use/management practices. Although monitoring programs for African savanna water use have been established in certain areas, most of them are largely restricted to point based measurements or coarse scales, and are not fully capable to provide distributed timely information for planning purposes. In this study we develop a mechanism for monitoring the water used by African savanna from fine scale (meters) to watershed scale, integrating the effects of the water stress. Our hypothesis is that the Ecosystem Stress Index (ESI) is a valuable tool to downscale estimates of actual evapotranspiration at coarse scale, to high resolutions. To monitor savanna water fluxes in a semi-continuous way this study integrates two different ET-estimation approaches: KC-FAO56 model, integrating reflectance-based “crop” coefficients (SPOT 4 & 5 satellites), is used to derive unstressed savanna evapotranspiration (with high spatial resolution), and the two-source surface energy balance model -TSEB, integrating radiometric surface temperature (AATSR satellites) allows the determination of water stress across savannas (ESI, with low spatial resolution). The difference between estimated and observed surface fluxes derived from TSEB (RMSDLE = 53 Wm-2, RMSDH = 50 Wm-2, RMSDRn = 60 Wm-2, RMSDG = 21 Wm-2) were of the same magnitude as the uncertainties derived from the flux measurement system, being sufficiently accurate to be employed in a distributed way and on a more regular basis. The approach of ESI to downscale ET proved to be useful, and errors between estimated and observed daily ET (RMSD 0.6 mmday−1) were consistent with the results of other studies in savanna ecosystems. The modelling framework proposed provided an accurate representation of the natural landscape heterogeneity and local conditions, with the potential of providing information suitable from local to broader scales.ca
dc.format.extent11ca
dc.language.isoengca
dc.publisherPhysics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/Cca
dc.relation.ispartofElsevierca
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalca
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.titleRemote sensing of water use and water stress in the African savanna ecosystem at local scale – Development and validation of a monitoring toolca
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleca
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionca
dc.rights.accessLevelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.embargo.termscapca
dc.subject.udc631ca
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2019.02.004ca
dc.contributor.groupÚs Eficient de l'Aigua en Agriculturaca


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