Post-fire carbon dioxide fluxes in the western Canadian boreal forest: Evidence from towers, aircraft and remote sensing

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 91-107

  Amiro, Brian D ^a   MacPherson, J Ian ^b   Desjardins, Ray L ^c   Chen, Jing M ^d   Liu, Jane ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Carbon flux; Eddy covariance; Fire; Net ecosystem exchange; Net primary productivity; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST FIRE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0037470379     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(02)00170-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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