Continental scale monitoring of (sub-)daily evapotranspiration enhanced by the assimilation of geostationary data

The EUMETSAT LSA-SAF evapotranspiration products (LSA-SAF ET) based on Meteosat Second Generation have been operationally produced in near-real time for approximately 6 years.
From both user’s experience and own LSA-SAF validation, we have worked towards correcting some deficiencies in semi-arid environments and adding more features.
A new prototype is ready. It relies on more satellite data, and will additionally deliver the surface heat fluxes