ECOSTRESS Evapotranspiration dis-ALEXI Daily L3 CONUS 70 m V001

Description

The ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) mission measures the temperature of plants to better understand how much water plants need and how they respond to stress. ECOSTRESS is attached to the International Space Station (ISS) and collects data over the conterminous United States (CONUS) as well as key biomes and agricultural zones around the world and selected FLUXNET (http://fluxnet.fluxdata.org/about/) validation sites. A map of the acquisition coverage can be found on the ECOSTRESS website (https://ecostress.jpl.nasa.gov/science). The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) ECO3ETALEXI Version 1 data product provides estimates of daily evapotranspiration (ET) using the ECOSTRESS Level 2 (L2) land surface temperature and emissivity (LST&E) product, along with ancillary meteorological data and remotely sensed vegetation cover information. The ECO3ETALEXI data product is derived using a physics-based surface energy balance (SEB) algorithm, the Atmosphere Land Exchange Inverse (ALEXI) Disaggregation algorithm (DisALEXI). Described in the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) (https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/1000/ECO3ETALEXI_ATBD_V1.pdf), DisALEXI is based on spatial disaggregation of regional-scale fluxes from the ALEXI SEB model. There are many approaches for spatially mapping ET; however, SEB methods are favored for remote sensing retrievals based on land-surface temperature. ALEXI was initially developed for managed landscapes and has now been evaluated in comparison with micrometeorological flux tower observations over crop, forest, grassland, wetland, and semiarid desert sites. Applications include crop water use, crop phenology monitoring, and drought early warning or water stress detection. ECO3ETALEXI is available for CONUS at 70-meter (m) pixel resolution. The ECO3ETALEXI Version 1 data product contains layers of daily ET, ET uncertainty, and associated quality flags. A low-resolution browse is also available showing daily ET as a stretched image with a color ramp in JPEG format.

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Name Format Description Link
21 Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=C1639530522-LPDAAC_ECS
21 LP DAAC Data Pool provides direct access to available products via HTTPS. https://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov/ECOSTRESS/ECO3ETALEXI.001/
21 The LP DAAC product page provides information on Science Data Set layers and links for user guides, ATBDs, data access, tools, customer support, etc. https://doi.org/10.5067/ECOSTRESS/ECO3ETALEXI.001
33 The technical information in the User's Guide enables users to interpret and use the data products. https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/999/ECO3ETALEXI_User_Guide_V1.pdf
22 Browse for Earthdata Search https://e4ftl01.cr.usgs.gov//WORKING/BRWS/Browse.001/2020.10.25/ECOSTRESS_L3_ET_ALEXI_12977_012_20201019T204204_0601_01.1.jpg
21 The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) offers a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. https://appeears.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FECOSTRESS%2FECO3ETALEXI.001
33 The ATBD provides physical theory and mathematical procedures for the calculations used to produce the data products. https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/1000/ECO3ETALEXI_ATBD_V1.pdf
33 The Earthdata Search Quick Guide explains how to search ECOSTRESS data in NASA Earthdata Search. https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/documents/1573/Quick_Guide_for_Accessing_ECOSTRESS_Swath_Data_in_NASA_Earthdata_Search.pdf
21 The LP DAAC website provides detailed information on discovery, distribution, access, and support of land data products. https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/

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  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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