Trends in North American net primary productivity derived from satellite observations, 1982-1998

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 2-1-2-14

  Hicke, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Asner, Gregory P ^a,b   Randerson, James T ^c   Tucker, Compton ^d   Los, Sietse ^d,e   Birdsey, Richard ^f   Jenkins, Jennifer C ^f   Field, Christopher ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Carnegic Institution of Washington   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^g GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; NDVI; Net primary productivity; North America; NPP; Trends

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MODEL; NDVI; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE DATA;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036626537     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001550     Document Type: Article

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