Combining satellite data and biogeochemical models to estimate global effects of human-induced land cover change on carbon emissions and primary productivity

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 803-815

  DeFries, R S ^a   Field, C B ^b   Fung, I ^c   Collatz, G J ^d   Bounoua, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0033397690     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GB900037     Document Type: Article

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