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  "abstract": "Evapotranspiration (ET) is a critical component of the water cycle, influencing climate, agriculture, and water resource management. However, most satellite-derived ET products are limited to daily or coarser temporal resolutions, despite the strong diurnal variability of ET processes. Existing satellite-based ET retrievals are largely restricted to daytime conditions, when nighttime ET is a small but often non-trivial flux. In this study, we introduce the Advanced Baseline Imager Live Imaging of Vegetated Ecosystems ET (ALIVEET), a near real-time, 5 min ET estimation framework, leveraging geostationary satellite observations from the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and machine learning models under both clear and cloudy conditions. We test Gradient Boosting Regression (GBR) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) models to assess their ability to estimate ET variations across the diurnal cycle. GBR captures daytime ET with an R2 of 0.74 (normalized RMSE of 0.91) while maintaining low computational cost. For nighttime ET, LSTM models trained on time-series observations perform better, achieving an R2 of 0.24 (nRMSE of 1.29) by leveraging temporal dependencies in land surface temperature (LST) and past ABI observations. Comparisons against daily ET estimates from the physically-based ALEXI remote sensing model demonstrates good agreement but opportunities for improvement. This study demonstrates the potential of integrating machine learning with geostationary remote sensing to advance high-temporal-resolution ET estimation.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USA; Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA",
    "Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA",
    "Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USA",
    "Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USA",
    "Space Sciences and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI, USA",
    "USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA",
    "NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Earth Science Branch, Huntsville, AL, USA"
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  "published": "2026-08-01",
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  "title": "Near real-time estimation of daytime and nighttime evapotranspiration using GOES-R observations and machine learning models",
  "title_text": "Near real-time estimation of daytime and nighttime evapotranspiration using GOES-R observations and machine learning models",
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  "updated_at": "2026-11-06T14:20:34Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/4hgzp9cfx89d5",
  "venue": "Hydrology and Earth System Sciences",
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