Satellite imagery provides an unprecedented spatial distribution of critical land surface parameters.Numerous physical and empirical remote sensing-based models
in conjunction with ancillary surface and atmospheric data
have been developed to estimate evapotranspiration(ET) in the quantitative thermal remote sensing field.ETWatch is an operational scheme for watershed ET monitoring
which is designed to integrate with various types of remote-sensed ET models to obtain continuous ET maps.To reduce the errors from modeling
we improved ETWatch to carry out calibration on key variables such as surface temperature
ground temperature difference
short-wave and long-wave radiation
water heat flux
and sensible heat flux
using ground measurement data.The validation results show that the calibration greatly improved the accuracy of ET products
and the importance of calibration cannot be overemphasized in applications used in watershed water management.