Article
Engineering, Civil
Mingzhu Cao, Weiguang Wang, Wanqiu Xing, Jia Wei, Xintao Chen, Jinxing Li, Quanxi Shao
Summary: This study examined the uncertainties in remote sensing-based ET estimation by using three different models and three meteorological reanalysis products, resulting in nine calculation schemes. The results showed significant differences in the magnitude and temporal variation of ET estimates, with uncertainties potentially caused by energy balance closure issues and spatial scale mismatch.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mai Mai, Tiejun Wang, Qiong Han, Wentao Jing, Qinling Bai
Summary: Comprehensive datasets from 22 field sites in China were used to study the impacts of environmental variables on terrestrial actual evapotranspiration (ETa). The results showed that net radiation was the primary control on daily ETa dynamics, followed by leaf area index, vapor pressure deficit, soil water content, and wind speed. Furthermore, it was found that vegetation significantly modified the interactions between daily ETa and energy/water supplies through various regulation mechanisms.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Michele L. de Oliveira, Carlos A. C. dos Santos, Gabriel de Oliveira, Madson T. Silva, Bernardo B. da Silva, John E. de B. L. Cunha, Anderson Ruhoff, Celso A. G. Santos
Summary: The spatio-temporal assessment of water and carbon fluxes in Brazil's Northeast region provides insights into the surface flux patterns in different vegetation types. The study shows that land degradation and climate impacts have led to reduced photosynthetic activity and increased vulnerability to desertification in the Caatinga biome, particularly in sparse areas. Dense Caatinga exhibits higher photosynthetic activity and greater resilience to climate effects. Compared to other biomes in the region, Caatinga has lower rates of evapotranspiration and gross primary production.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Hassan Awada, Simone Di Prima, Costantino Sirca, Filippo Giadrossich, Serena Marras, Donatella Spano, Mario Pirastru
Summary: The study quantified actual evapotranspiration over natural vegetation in a natural reserve in Italy using the SEBAL model, compared the results with micrometeorological station data, and evaluated three methods for upscaling instantaneous latent heat flux to daily actual evapotranspiration. The study found that SEBAL-based estimations showed good agreement with tower-derived data during Landsat overpass time, and the upscaling methods had different levels of overestimation of measured daily ETa. The SEBAL model showed potential in representing spatial dynamics of ET in complex natural ecosystems, which can be integrated into further environmental and hydrological applications.
Article
Engineering, Civil
Huiyuan Liu, Xiaozhou Xin, Zhongbo Su, Yijian Zeng, Ting Lian, Li Li, Shanshan Yu, Hailong Zhang
Summary: This study evaluates ten globally available monthly evapotranspiration (ET) products at site and basin scales. The results show that all products perform comparably and there is no single product with the best performance. FLUXCOM and GLDAS have outstanding performance at site and basin scales, respectively, while SynthesisET performs suboptimally at both validation scales. This study contributes to identifying proper candidates for hydrological analysis and improving ET algorithm.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Juan P. Guerschman, Tim R. McVicar, Jamie Vleeshower, Thomas G. Van Niel, Jorge L. Pena-Arancibia, Yun Chen
Summary: In this study, we calibrated and applied the CMRSET model to estimate actual evapotranspiration (ETa) at a continental scale in Australia using a combination of optical remote sensing and meteorological data. The calibrated model showed good performance in estimating ETa at flux towers and compared favorably to other global ETa products. CMRSET provides a straightforward and efficient method for estimating ETa at various spatial and temporal scales.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chongli Di, Tiejun Wang, Qiong Han, Mai Mai, Lichun Wang, Xi Chen
Summary: This study investigates the complexity and predictability of evapotranspiration (ETa) across different climate regimes and ecosystems using the chaos theory. It finds that daily ETa exhibits chaotic behaviors, with stronger determinism and higher predictability in humid and arid regions, and higher complexity in sub-humid and semi-arid regions. The primary environmental controls on daily ETa complexity include energy and water supplies, average daily temperature, relative humidity, and leaf area index.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mingjuan Xie, Xiaofei Ma, Yuangang Wang, Chaofan Li, Haiyang Shi, Xiuliang Yuan, Olaf Hellwich, Chunbo Chen, Wenqiang Zhang, Chen Zhang, Qing Ling, Ruixiang Gao, Yu Zhang, Friday Uchenna Ochege, Amaury Frankl, Philippe De Maeyer, Nina Buchmann, Iris Feigenwinter, Jorgen E. Olesen, Radoslaw Juszczak, Adrien Jacotot, Aino Korrensalo, Andrea Pitacco, Andrej Varlagin, Ankit Shekhar, Annalea Lohila, Arnaud Carrara, Aurore Brut, Bart Kruijt, Benjamin Loubet, Bernard Heinesch, Bogdan Chojnicki, Carole Helfter, Caroline Vincke, Changliang Shao, Christian Bernhofer, Christian Bruemmer, Christian Wille, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, Eiko Nemitz, Franco Meggio, Gang Dong, Gary Lanigan, Georg Niedrist, Georg Wohlfahrt, Guoyi Zhou, Ignacio Goded, Thomas Gruenwald, Janusz Olejnik, Joachim Jansen, Johan Neirynck, Juha-Pekka Tuovinen, Junhui Zhang, Katja Klumpp, Kim Pilegaard, Ladislav Sigut, Leif Klemedtsson, Luca Tezza, Lukas Hoertnagl, Marek Urbaniak, Marilyn Roland, Marius Schmidt, Mark A. Sutton, Markus Hehn, Matthew Saunders, Matthias Mauder, Mika Aurela, Mika Korkiakoski, Mingyuan Du, Nadia Vendrame, Natalia Kowalska, Paul G. Leahy, Pavel Alekseychik, Peili Shi, Per Weslien, Shiping Chen, Silvano Fares, Thomas Friborg, Tiphaine Tallec, Tomomichi Kato, Torsten Sachs, Trofim Maximov, Umberto Morra di Cella, Uta Moderow, Yingnian Li, Yongtao He, Yoshiko Kosugi, Geping Luo
Summary: A framework combining machine learning, determination coefficient (R2), Euclidean distance, and remote sensing (RS) was established to simulate daily net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange (NEE) and water flux (WF) of meteorological stations in Eurasia. The generated carbon-water flux datasets have the potential to improve assessments of ecosystem carbon-water dynamics.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Qingyun Li, Wenjie Liu, Lu Zheng, Shengyuan Liu, Ang Zhang, Peng Wang, Yan Jin, Qian Liu, Bo Song
Summary: A multi-technology study was conducted on a tropical seasonal forest in Nonggang Karst of Guangxi to estimate the evapotranspiration. Three different methods were used and the results varied. By comparing with reference evapotranspiration and potential evapotranspiration, the Penman-Monteith method was found to be relatively reasonable.
Article
Agronomy
Zaibun Nisa, Muhammad Sarfraz Khan, Ajit Govind, Marco Marchetti, Bruno Lasserre, Enzo Magliulo, Antonio Manco
Summary: This study evaluated three different models for estimating daily evapotranspiration in a Mediterranean context with rotations of fennel/maize/ryegrass-clover crops in southern Italy. SEBS and METRIC-EEFlux showed reasonable agreement with measured ET, capturing in-field variations during the maize development stage, while QWaterModel did not perform well and showed the weakest congruency with ground-based estimates. The study suggests improvements for robust evapotranspiration retrievals in rotational cropland ecosystems.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Amanda do Nascimento Ferreira, Andreia de Almeida, Sergio Koide, Ricardo Tezini Minoti, Mario Benjamim Baptista de Siqueira
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the SWAT model's capability in simulating evapotranspiration in a Brazilian Cerrado-dominated watershed. Hydrological modeling of the Gama watershed was conducted, monitoring hydrometeorological and turbulent flow variables in weather station and EC tower. SWAT simulations using different methods showed fair results, with the PM method demonstrating the best fitness.
Article
Agronomy
Hassan Awada, Simone Di Prima, Costantino Sirca, Filippo Giadrossich, Serena Marras, Donatella Spano, Mario Pirastru
Summary: Satellite remote sensing-based surface energy balance techniques are useful for quantifying actual evapotranspiration, but continuous time series of daily crop actual evapotranspiration are more valuable in agriculture water management. The integrated modeling approach in this research successfully constructed continuous time series of daily ETc act and showed good agreement with observed dynamics.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Hossam El-Din Fawzy, Adel Sakr, Moustafa El-Enany, Hossam M. Moghazy
Summary: This study evaluates the crop evapotranspiration in Egypt's Nile delta area using remote sensing, showing that the SEBAL algorithm can accurately estimate the distribution of ETC, providing information on water supply for the region.
ALEXANDRIA ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Sumanta Chatterjee, Paul C. Stoy, Manish Debnath, Amaresh Kumar Nayak, Chinmaya Kumar Swain, Rahul Tripathi, Dibyendu Chatterjee, Smruthi Sagarika Mahapatra, Ammara Talib, Himanshu Pathak
Summary: Accurate measurements of actual evapotranspiration and crop coefficients are crucial for improving irrigation scheduling. The eddy covariance technique was used to measure evapotranspiration and crop coefficients in tropical lowland rice in eastern India, providing valuable insights into water requirements and evapotranspiration dynamics of the crops in different growth stages and seasons. Further research is needed to refine crop coefficient values for regional-scale irrigation planning.
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gabriel B. Senay, MacKenzie Friedrichs, Charles Morton, Gabriel E. L. Parrish, Matthew Schauer, Kul Khand, Stefanie Kagone, Olena Boiko, Justin Huntington
Summary: The estimation and mapping of actual evapotranspiration (ETa) using thermal remote sensing-based methods have been successful, but with variable accuracy. This study presents the CONUS-wide ETa using Landsat thermal imagery and the SSEBop model in the cloud computing platform. The accuracy assessment shows mixed performance and directional biases, suggesting the need for improvement and bias correction. The study highlights the potential applications of ETa mapping for drought and fire effects at regional and field scales.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
Osman Jussah, Mohamed O. M. Orabi, Janez Susnik, Francoise Bichai, Chris Zevenbergen
JOURNAL OF WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Lotte van den Heuvel, Malgorzata Blicharska, Sara Masia, Janez Susnik, Claudia Teutschbein
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2020)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Mohammad Sadeq Ahmadi, Janez Susnik, William Veerbeek, Chris Zevenbergen
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Danneille A. Townsend, Janez Susnik, Pieter van der Zaag
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Muhammad Farhan Arooj, Fahad Haseeb, Akbar Imran Butt, Muhammad Irfan-Ul-Hassan, Hania Batool, Saad Kibria, Zara Javed, Hassan Nawaz, Sarah Asif
Summary: This research evaluates the effectiveness of treated domestic wastewater in producing plain cement concrete, showing that treated wastewater can be used as an alternative water source for concrete production, with the potential role of admixtures to enhance the strength properties of concrete.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Aries Purwanto, Janez Susnik, F. X. Suryadi, Charlotte de Fraiture
Summary: The study developed a stock-flow diagram of WEF security in a local context in Karawang Regency, Indonesia, to analyze the impacts of policy interventions. Through simulation and assessment of four scenarios, it revealed interesting findings related to the WEF security nexus, available resources per person, and self-sufficiency levels.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Aries Purwanto, Janez Susnik, Franciscus X. Suryadi, Charlotte de Fraiture
Summary: This paper presents knowledge gaps and critiques on the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus since its proposal, analyzing current innovations, applications, and impacts from 2012 to 2020. It identifies gaps in existing frameworks and suggests improvements for practical implementation in WEF resources management and governance. The study highlights the need for future WEF nexus framework development based on four principles and a local to global perspective to achieve sustainable water, energy, and food security at both local and global levels.
Article
Agronomy
Sara Masia, Antonio Trabucco, Donatella Spano, Richard L. Snyder, Janez Susnik, Serena Marras
Summary: The impact of climate change on agriculture is expected to worsen in the coming years, especially affecting irrigation requirements in semi-arid areas of Southern Europe. Improvements in water management are necessary to adapt to worsening climate conditions, and there is an increasing need for models that can assess agricultural water management.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Water Resources
Janez Susnik, Osman Jussah, Mohamed O. M. Orabi, Muhammed C. Abubakar, Richmond F. Quansah, Wahid Yahaya, Justin A. Adonadaga, Carlos Cossa, Jose Ferrato, Castigo A. Cossa, Wahyono Hadi, Adhi Yuniarto, Bowo Djoko Marsono, Alfan Purnomo, Chris Zevenbergen
Summary: This study proposes a data-light approach to assess the potential contribution of alternative water sources in five cities in the Global South and identify barriers preventing their widespread uptake, including perception, space, cost, home ownership, and capacity constraints. This method can support city water planners in preliminary planning and promote discussion on alternative water sources to ensure water security.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Janez Susnik, Sara Masia, Daina Indriksone, Ingrida Bremere, Lydia Vamvakeridou-Lydroudia
Summary: The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, increasingly recognized in academia and policy, is a complex system operating at many scales. This paper presents a national-scale WEFLC nexus system dynamics modelling assessment for Latvia, highlighting the importance of stakeholder engagement and considerations of policy objectives when choosing which policies to implement.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Janez Susnik, Chad Staddon
Summary: The water-energy-food nexus research field is characterized by considerable and growing diversity, making it impossible to have a one-size-fits-all approach. The lack of fundamental equations between many nexus parameters hinders full quantification of all nexus linkages, but data-driven, stochastic, and agent-based approaches offer useful avenues for further development. Social science methods are rapidly gaining traction in nexus studies, especially when blended with quantitative modeling. Progress has been made in breaking disciplinary siloes, particularly when considering integrated assessment models and system dynamics models.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Janez Susnik, Sara Masia, Michal Kravcik, Jan Pokorny, Petra Hesslerova
Summary: Water-retention measures in eastern Germany, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia provide increased water availability, improved crop productivity, and landscape cooling. Croplands offer the best value for money, with high potential volume, cooling effects, and productivity gains. Different policies may lead to non-uniform implementation of measures. Future research should focus on local-level studies to provide practical insights beyond regional analysis.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Stefano Terzi, Janez Susnik, Stefan Schneiderbauer, Silvia Torresan, Andrea Critto
Summary: Water management in mountain regions is facing challenges from climate change and human activities. A study on the Santa Giustina reservoir in Italy shows that future stored volume and turbined outflow will be significantly affected, calling for adaptation strategies focusing on reducing water demand.
NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
(2021)