Dataset name:
MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 

Varialbe name: 
ET_1km (evapotranspiration)

Reference of original data:
Mu, QiaoZhen,  Maosheng Zhao, Steven W. Running, Improvements to a MODIS global terrestrial evapotranspiration algorithm. 
    Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 1781-1800, 2011 

Downloaded site:
ftp://ftp.ntsg.umt.edu/pub/MODIS/NTSG_Products/MOD16/

Downloaded Date:
May 16, 2014

Downloaded by:
Mingquan Mu
Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine

Name and Version of original source:
    MOD16A2

Start date:
January 2000

End date:
December 2013

Temporal resolution:
monthly

Spatial resolution:
0.5x0.5 degree

Unit: 
Kg/m2/mon

Data format: 
tif
