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SSEBop Actual ET

Operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance (USGS FEWS NET). 1 km actual evapotranspiration from MODIS thermal data.

Actual ET from MODIS land surface temperature with a simplified energy balance, produced operationally for famine early warning. Anomalies against the long-term median are published alongside.

Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Resolution
1 km
Data type
Raster
Time span
2003–present
Temporal
Dekadal, monthly, yearly
Access type
Direct download (external)
Formats
GeoTIFF
Coverage
Global land (-180, -60, 180, 80)
Licence
Public domain (U.S. Government work)
Provider page
earlywarning.usgs.gov/fews/search/Global

Cite as. Senay, G. B., et al. (2013). Operational Evapotranspiration Mapping Using Remote Sensing and Weather Datasets. JAWRA, 49(3), 577–591. https://doi.org/10.1111/jawr.12057

Access

linkFEWS NET global data search

https://earlywarning.usgs.gov/fews/search/Global

curl "https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/ssebop/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

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