Estimating vegetation structural effects on carbon uptake using satellite data fusion and inverse modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D22, 1998, Pages 28839-28853

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Bateson, C Ann ^a   Privette, Jeffrey L ^b   El Saleous, Nazmi ^b,c   Wessman, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; INVERSE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033610902     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02459     Document Type: Article

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