A growing population and economy together with climate change are putting pressure on fresh water availability around the globe.
SEN-ET is the Estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) based on the Sentinel satellites. By providing insights in ET we can improve irrigation efficiency. Thus assisting in monitoring several of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular: SDG2 – zero hunger, and SDG6 – clean water and sanitation.
Developing an optimal methodology for estimating ET at both fine (tens of meters) and coarse (kilometer) spatial scales, based on synergistic use of Sentinel 2 and Sentinel 3 satellites’ observations
Robustly validating the estimated ET in numerous land use classes and climatic conditions, with special focus on agricultural areas
Implementing the method as an open source application, with free and open access to the code and application, integrated into existing software tools