OpenET CONUS SSEBop Monthly Evapotranspiration v2.0

OpenET/SSEBOP/CONUS/GRIDMET/MONTHLY/v2_0
Dataset Availability
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z–2023-12-01T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("OpenET/SSEBOP/CONUS/GRIDMET/MONTHLY/v2_0")
Tags
conus evapotranspiration gridmet-derived landsat-derived monthly openet water

Description

Operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEBop)

The Operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEBop) model by Senay et al. (2013, 2017) is a thermal-based simplified surface energy model for estimating actual ET based on the principles of satellite psychrometry (Senay 2018). The OpenET SSEBop implementation uses land surface temperature (Ts) from Landsat (Collection 2 Level-2 Science Products) with key model parameters (cold/wet-bulb reference, Tc, and surface psychrometric constant, 1/dT) derived from a combination of observed surface temperature, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), climatological average (1980-2017) daily maximum air temperature (Ta, 1-km) from Daymet, and net radiation data from ERA-5. This model implementation uses the Google Earth Engine processing framework for connecting key SSEBop ET functions and algorithms together when generating both intermediate and aggregated ET results. A detailed study and evaluation of the SSEBop model across CONUS (Senay et al., 2022) informs both cloud implementation and assessment for water balance applications at broad scales. Notable model (v0.2.6) enhancements and performance against previous versions include additional compatibility with Landsat 9 (launched Sep 2021), global model extensibility, and improved parameterization of SSEBop using FANO (Forcing and Normalizing Operation) to better estimate ET in all landscapes and all seasons regardless of vegetation cover density, thereby improving model accuracy by avoiding extrapolation of Tc to non-calibration regions.

Additional information

Bands

Resolution
30 meters

Bands

Name Units Description
et mm

SSEBop ET value

count count

Number of cloud free values

Image Properties

Image Properties

Name Type Description
build_date STRING

Date assets were built

cloud_cover_max DOUBLE

Maximum CLOUD_COVER_LAND percent value for Landsat images included in interpolation

collections STRING

List of Landsat collections for Landsat images included in the interpolation

core_version STRING

OpenET core library version

end_date STRING

End date of month

et_reference_band STRING

Band in et_reference_source that contains the daily reference ET data

et_reference_resample STRING

Spatial interpolation mode to resample daily reference ET data

et_reference_source STRING

Collection ID for the daily reference ET data

interp_days DOUBLE

Maximum number of days before and after each image date to include in interpolation

interp_method STRING

Method used to interpolate between Landsat model estimates

interp_source_count DOUBLE

Number of available images in the interpolation source image collection for the target month

mgrs_tile STRING

MGRS grid zone ID

model_name STRING

OpenET model name

model_version STRING

OpenET model version

scale_factor_count DOUBLE

Scaling factor that should be applied to the count band

scale_factor_et DOUBLE

Scaling factor that should be applied to the et band

start_date STRING

Start date of month

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

CC-BY-4.0

Citations

Citations:
  • Senay, G.B., Parrish, G.E., Schauer, M., Friedrichs, M., Khand, K., Boiko, O., Kagone, S., Dittmeier, R., Arab, S. and Ji, L., 2023. Improving the Operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance Evapotranspiration Model Using the Forcing and Normalizing Operation. Remote Sensing, 15(1), p.260. doi:10.3390/rs15010260

  • Senay, G.B., Bohms, S., Singh, R.K., Gowda, P.H., Velpuri, N.M., Alemu, H. and Verdin, J.P., 2013. Operational evapotranspiration mapping using remote sensing and weather datasets: A new parameterization for the SSEB approach. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 49(3), pp.577-591. doi:10.1111/jawr.12057

  • Senay, G.B., Schauer, M., Friedrichs, M., Velpuri, N.M. and Singh, R.K., 2017. Satellite-based water use dynamics using historical Landsat data (1984–2014) in the southwestern United States. Remote Sensing of Environment, 202, pp.98-112. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2017.05.005c

  • Senay, G.B., 2018. Satellite psychrometric formulation of the Operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEBop) model for quantifying and mapping evapotranspiration. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 34(3), pp.555-566. doi:10.13031/aea.12614

  • Senay, G.B., Friedrichs, M., Morton, C., Parrish, G.E., Schauer, M., Khand, K., Kagone, S., Boiko, O. and Huntington, J., 2022. Mapping actual evapotranspiration using Landsat for the conterminous United States: Google Earth Engine implementation and assessment of the SSEBop model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 275, p.113011. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2022.113011

DOIs

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('OpenET/SSEBOP/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 SSEBop Annual ET');
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