Estimation of Evapotranspiration of Rangeland Cover Using SEBAL Algorithm in Robat Mahidasht Region, Kermanshah, Iran

Journal of Rangeland Science

مقاله 5، دوره 12، شماره 1، فروردین 2022، صفحه 48-62   

نوع مقاله: Research and Full Length Article

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.30495/rs.2022.681599

نویسندگان

Homaion Hesadi^{* 1}؛ Abdoulkarim Behnia²؛ Ali Mohammd Akhoond-Ali²؛ Seyed Mahmoud Kashefi Pour²؛ Peyman Daneshkar Arasteh³؛ Ali Reza Karimi⁴

¹Research Instructor, Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Department, Kermanshah Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Kermanshah, Iran

²Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz

³Imam Khomeini International University of Qazvin

⁴Master of science of water resources, Fars Province Water and Wastewater Company, Shiraz, Iran

چکیده

Rangelands are the most important plant ecosystems in Iran that have multiple and vital roles in economic stability and food security in the country. In recent decades, with increasing population, increasing forage consumption, climate change and rainfall fluctuations, most of the country's pastures have been destroyed or faced with a degradation trend. Therefore, in order to strengthen this vital ecosystem in the country, rangeland management components have a special priority and importance. One of the main components of rangeland management is the study on the water requirement of rangeland plants. The water required by the plant is equivalent to its evapotranspiration. Estimation of evapotranspiration using meteorological station data can be done at different time intervals; But determining its spatial distribution on a large scale is not possible. Remote sensing techniques and evapotranspiration estimation algorithms based on the surface energy balance of the earth are among the methods that are able to produce maps with appropriate temporal and spatial coverage. In this study, 4 images of LANDSAT 5 processed (from June to July of 2010), and evapotranspiration of the Mahidasht region, Kermansh province, Iran were estimated. Then, Sentinel 2 images were used to identify the existing rangelands in the Robat Mahidasht region by Maximum Likelihood classification method. The evapotranspiration of the rangelands was obtained uing Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) maps. Based on the results, it was observed that the difference of estimating the actual evapotranspiration between the SEBAL algorithm and lysimetric measurements was a maximum value of 9.7%, which is acceptable. The coefficient of determination between SEBAL and lysimetric data was (R²=0.99) and mean absolute difference was 0.53 mm/day. The estimated evapotranspiration rates of rangeland cover at the four Landsat imaging dates were 2.1, 3.46, 3.4, and 3.44 mm/day. Also, the results showed less rangeland evapotranspiration than other coverings like forest and agriculture, which is due to the dryness of the topsoil profile and shallow depth of most of the rangeland plants, especially annuals species. It was concluded that SEBAL algorithm is a suitable method for estimating the evapotranspiration of rangeland cover with acceptable accuracy.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Remote sensing؛ SEBAL؛ Merek watershed؛ Image classification؛ Sentinel II

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