“…Most of the transfer mechanisms (radiative, turbulent, and water transfers) and some physiological processes (photosynthesis, stomatal regulation) are described; -Those basing on the estimation of the evapotranspiration as the residual term of the energy balance equation. They can be divided into two categories: 1) Single-source models, such as SEBAL (Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land) (Bastiaanssen et al, 1998;Teixeira et al, 2009), METRIC (Mapping Evapotranspiration with Internalized Calibration) (Allen et al, 2007;Trezza et al, 2013;Hamimed et al, 2014), S-SEBI (Simplified Surface Energy Balance Index) (Roerink et al, 2000), SEBS (Surface Energy Balance System) and TIM model (the Trapezoid Interpolation Model) (Sun and Kafatos, 2007;Stisen et al, 2008), that do not distinguish between soil evaporation and transpiration, but treat the land surface as one homogeneous surface. Their simplicity and yet physically sound basis has made the single-source models widely used; 2) Dual-source models, such as TSEB (Two Source Energy Balance) (French et al, 2015;Boulet et al, 2015;Xin et al, 2010), that discriminate the soil and vegetation component, aiming at a more physical description of heterogeneous surfaces when dealing with radiative and aerodynamic properties.…”