Regional evapotranspiration from an image-based implementation of the Surface Temperature Initiated Closure (STIC1.2) model and its validation across an aridity gradient in the conterminous US

Bhattarai, Nishan; Mallick, Kaniska; Brunsell, Nathaniel A.; Sun, Ge; Jain, Meha

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2311-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2311-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2311-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 4

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18 Apr 2018

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Regional evapotranspiration from an image-based implementation of the Surface Temperature Initiated Closure (STIC1.2) model and its validation across an aridity gradient in the conterminous US

Nishan Bhattarai, Kaniska Mallick, Nathaniel A. Brunsell, Ge Sun, and Meha Jain

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RC1: 'Review of 'Regional evapotranspiration from image-based implementation of the Surface Temperature Initiated Closure (STIC1.2) model and its validation across an aridity gradient in the conterminous United States'', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Nov 2017
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee’s comments (Referee #1)', Nishan Bhattarai, 03 Jan 2018
RC2: 'Comments on hess-2017-535', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee # 2', Nishan Bhattarai, 23 Jan 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (12 Feb 2018) by Bob Su

AR by Nishan Bhattarai on behalf of the Authors (12 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Feb 2018) by Bob Su

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (13 Feb 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (10 Mar 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 Mar 2018) by Bob Su

AR by Nishan Bhattarai on behalf of the Authors (19 Mar 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Mar 2018) by Bob Su

AR by Nishan Bhattarai on behalf of the Authors (20 Mar 2018)

Short summary

We report the first ever regional-scale implementation of the Surface Temperature Initiated Closure (STIC1.2) model for mapping evapotranspiration (ET) using MODIS land surface and gridded climate datasets to overcome the existing uncertainties in aerodynamic temperature and conductance estimation in global ET models. Validation and intercomparison with SEBS and MOD16 products across an aridity gradient in the US manifested better ET mapping potential of STIC1.2 in different climates and biomes.