Several photovoltaic applications, specially the water pumping systems, are installed to contribute in the socio–economic development in Algerian Sahara. About sixty pumps are installed in remote regions to supply water for drinking and irrigation. The centrifugal pumps present the...

Water management at different decision levels may be supported by the assessment of evapotranspiration (ET) on large spatial scales. In this study, a previously validated approach to estimating unstressed ET, based on the ability of vegetation indices to trace crop growth and thus to derive...