In collaboration with Prof Lloyd Nackerly and Dalyn Mc Cauley of Oregon State University, we set up and tested a surface renewal system at the Aurora Field Station for potential future deployment. In addition, I wrote an R script that converts Prof Mike Savage's excel calculator which processes the data to evapotranspiration (ET) values (the excel calculator is available here). 

South Africa has numerous flux tower datasets scattered throughout the country. We also have freely available satellite imagery, as well as remote sensing derived evapotranspiration (ET) products available, often developed at a global scale. This presents an opportunity to validate global ET products for South Africa, as well as to develop new products to understand spatial variation in ET. One potential application of this would be to improve estimates of the impacts of invasive alien trees on water resources. This is critical for South Africa, which battles with water security.