# SEBCS’s documentation!

## Introduction

The SEBCS for QGIS is software enabling calculation of energy balance and crop water stress features (heat fluxes, evaporative fraction, Bowen ratio, Omega factor, CWSI etc.) from Landsat satellite data (L5 TM, L7 ETM+, L8 OLI/TIRS, L9 OLI/TIRS) and also from other devices (e.g. UAV). The calculation procedure uses an approach based on Penman-Monteith method, SEBAL method and gradient approach of the energy balance characteristics calculation.

Author:
  Dr. Jakub Brom, Ph.D.

© 2013-2024, Jakub Brom, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology (https://www.fzt.jcu.cz, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jakub_Brom)

# Table of Content

- SEBCS usage
  - Inputs
  - Outputs
  - Input data preparation
    - Optical data
    - Air temperature
    - Wind speed
    - Digital model of terrain
    - Vegetation cover height

- Calculation
  - Radiation balance features
    - Incoming short-wave radiation flux
    - Surface reflectance (albedo)
    - Incoming long-wave radiation flux
    - Emitted long-wave radiation flux
  - Vegetation cover characteristics
  - Meteorological features
  - Surface aerodynamic features and boundary layer (atmospheric) stability

- Programmers documentation
  - SEBCS_lib library
  - Access to SEBCS_lib library
  - SEBCS_lib documentation

- Abbreviation list

- References

- The license terms and conditions

- Acknowledgement