Water Deficit

Sub-parameters 

Water Deficit (average)




Water Deficit (change)



Water Deficit (anomalies)


Represented range 

Water Deficit (average):

0 kg/m2 - 2,100 kg/m2



Water Deficit (change): -5.45 kg/m2 – 1.11 kg/m2


Water Deficit (anomalies):

-39.88 kg/m2 – 9.13 kg/m2


Description 

Water Deficit is the substraction of the Potential Evapotranspiration PET minus the Actual Evapotranspiration ET for the period 2001 to 2017 


Satellite 

MOD16A2 v006 - MODIS/Terra Net Evapotranspiration 8-Day L4 Global 500 m SIN Grid 


National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – MODIS

Satelllite

MOD16A2 v006 - MODIS/Terra Net Evapotranspiration 8-Day L4 Global 500 m SIN Grid 

Description 

The Water Deficit product is derived from processing MOD16A2 MODIS/Terra Net Evapotranspiration 8-Day L4 Global 500 m version 6 image collection to generate a time series of the Water Deficit.

Climatic Water Deficit is the difference between the potential and the actual evapotranspiration (PET-AET).

Spatial resolution 

Pixel size: 500 m



Temporal resolution 

Global time series available from 2000 to present

High temporal resolution: Daily revisit time, graph shows less-cloudy image during 8 days