Implementation of a hierarchical global vegetation classification in ecosystem function models

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 337-346

  Nemani, Ramakrishna ^a   Running, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Leaf Area Index; Net primary production; Remote sensing; Vegetation classification

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GLOBAL VEGETATION MODEL; MODELLING; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0029660502     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236277     Document Type: Article

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