Dynamic global vegetation modelling for prediction of plant functional types and biogenic trace gas fluxes

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 473-488

  Potter, Christopher S ^a   Klooster, Steven A ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic trace gases; Climate change; Dynamic vegetation; Global modelling; NDVI; Net primary production; Plant biomass; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LEAF AREA INDEX; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TRACE GAS; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033504849     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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