@incollection{fdi:010020951, title = {{U}sing thermal infrared temperature over sparse semi-arid vegetation for sensible heat flux estimation}, author = {{T}roufleau, {D}. and {L}homme, {J}ean-{P}aul and {M}onteny, {B}runo and {V}idal, {A}. and {M}oran, {M}.{S}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}o estimate sensible heat flux using thermal infra-red temperature {T}/sub r/ over sparse semi-arid vegetation, a knowledge of either the corrective term k{B}/sup -1/ or the difference between radiometric and aerodynamic surface temperatures {T}/sub r/-{T}/sub o/ is usually required. {S}everal experimental data sets acquired over various sparse vegetation in semi-arid areas (fallow savannah and millet field of {HAPEX}-{S}ahel, grassland and shrubland of {MONSOON}' 90) are used to study the experimental behavior of these variables. {W}hen considering the extreme variability of k{B}/sup -1/ and the difficulty in predicting its value, the relationship between {T}/sub r/ and {T}/sub o/ was more thoroughly studied and parameterized using the conceptual two-layer model of {S}huttleworth and {W}allace (1985)}, keywords = {{RELATION} {CLIMAT} {COUVERT} {VEGETAL} ; {INTERFACE} {VEGETATION} {ATMOSPHERE} ; {TRANSFERT} {DE} {CHALEUR} ; {FLUX} {THERMIQUE} ; {TEMPERATURE} {DE} {SURFACE} ; {ESTIMATION} ; {MODELISATION} ; {ETUDE} {EXPERIMENTALE} ; {ETUDE} {COMPARATIVE} ; {TELEDETECTION} ; {INFRAROUGE} ; {ZONE} {SAHELIENNE} ; {ZONE} {SEMIARIDE}}, booktitle = {{IGARSS}'95 : quantitative remote sensing for science and application : advance program}, numero = {}, pages = {2227--2229}, address = {{S}pring ({USA}) ; {B}ruxelles}, publisher = {{IEEE} ; {URSI}}, series = {}, year = {1995}, DOI = {10.1109/{IGARSS}.1995.524155}, ISBN = {0-7803-2567-2}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010020951}, }