OpenET CONUS geeSEBAL Monthly Evapotranspiration v2.0

OpenET/GEESEBAL/CONUS/GRIDMET/MONTHLY/v2_0
Dataset Availability
2016-01-01T00:00:00Z–2023-12-01T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("OpenET/GEESEBAL/CONUS/GRIDMET/MONTHLY/v2_0")
Tags
conus evapotranspiration gridmet-derived landsat-derived monthly openet water

Description

Implementation of geeSEBAL was recently completed within the OpenET framework and an overview of the current geeSEBAL version can be found in Laipelt et al. (2021), which is based on the original algorithms developed by Bastiaanssen et al. (1998). The OpenET geeSEBAL implementation uses land surface temperature (LST) data from Landsat Collection 2, in addition to NLDAS and gridMET datasets as instantaneous and daily meteorological inputs, respectively. The automated statistical algorithm to select the hot and cold endmembers is based on a simplified version of the Calibration using Inverse Modeling at Extreme Conditions (CIMEC) algorithm proposed by Allen et al. (2013), where quantiles of LST and the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) values are used to select endmember candidates in the Landsat domain area. The cold and wet endmember candidates are selected in well vegetated areas, while the hot and dry endmember candidates are selected in the least vegetated cropland areas. Based on the selected endmembers, geeSEBAL assumes that in the cold and wet endmember all available energy is converted to latent heat (with high rates of transpiration), while in the hot and dry endmember all available energy is converted to sensible heat. Finally, estimates of daily evapotranspiration are upscaled from instantaneous estimates based on the evaporative fraction, assuming it is constant during the daytime without significant changes in soil moisture and advection. Based on the results from the OpenET Accuracy Assessment and Intercomparison study, the OpenET geeSEBAL algorithm was modified as follows: (i) the simplified version of CIMEC was improved by using additional filters to select the endmembers, including the use of the USDA Cropland Data Layer (CDL) and filters for NDVI, LST and albedo; (ii) corrections to LST for endmembers based on antecedent precipitation; (iii) definition of NLDAS wind speed thresholds to reduce model instability during the atmospheric correction; and, (iv) improvements to estimate daily net radiation, using FAO-56 as reference (Allen et al., 1998). Overall, geeSEBAL performance is dependent on topographic, climate, and meteorological conditions, with higher sensitivity and uncertainty related to hot and cold endmember selections for the CIMEC automated calibration, and lower sensitivity and uncertainty related to meteorological inputs (Laipelt et al., 2021 and Kayser et al., 2022). To reduce uncertainties related to complex terrain, improvements were added to correct LST and global (incident) radiation on the surface (including the environmental lapse rate, elevation slope and aspect) to represent the effects of topographic features on the model’s endmember selection algorithm and ET estimates.

Additional information

Bands

Resolution
30 meters

Bands

Name Units Description
et mm

geeSEBAL ET value

count count

Number of cloud free values

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

CC-BY-4.0

Citations

Citations:
  • Laipelt, L., Kayser, R.H.B., Fleischmann, A.S., Ruhoff, A., Bastiaanssen, W., Erickson, T.A. and Melton, F., 2021. Long-term monitoring of evapotranspiration using the SEBAL algorithm and Google Earth Engine cloud computing. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 178, pp.81-96. doi:10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2021.05.018

  • Bastiaanssen, W.G., Menenti, M., Feddes, R.A. and Holtslag, A.A.M., 1998. A remote sensing surface energy balance algorithm for land (SEBAL). 1. Formulation. Journal of hydrology, 212, pp.198-212. doi:S0022-1694(98)00253-4

  • Kayser, R.H., Ruhoff, A., Laipelt, L., de Mello Kich, E., Roberti, D. R., de Arruda Souza, V., Rubert, G.C.D., Collischonn, W. and Neale, C.M.U., 2022. Assessing geeSEBAL automated calibration and meteorological reanalysis uncertainties to estimate evapotranspiration in subtropical humid climates. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 314, p.108775. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108775

  • Allen, R.G., Burnett, B., Kramber, W., Huntington, J., Kjaersgaard, J., Kilic, A., Kelly, C. and Trezza, R., 2013. Automated calibration of the metric-landsat evapotranspiration process. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 49(3), pp.563-576. doi:10.1111/jawr.12056

DOIs

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('OpenET/GEESEBAL/CONUS/GRIDMET/MONTHLY/v2_0')
  .filterDate('2020-01-01', '2021-01-01');

// Compute the annual evapotranspiration (ET) as the sum of the monthly ET
// images for the year.
var et = dataset.select('et').sum();

var visualization = {
  min: 0,
  max: 1400,
  palette: [
    '9e6212', 'ac7d1d', 'ba9829', 'c8b434', 'd6cf40', 'bed44b', '9fcb51',
    '80c256', '61b95c', '42b062', '45b677', '49bc8d', '4dc2a2', '51c8b8',
    '55cece', '4db4ba', '459aa7', '3d8094', '356681', '2d4c6e',
  ]
};

Map.setCenter(-100, 38, 5);

Map.addLayer(et, visualization, 'OpenET geeSEBAL Annual ET');
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