Satellite-based modeling of gross primary production in an evergreen needleleaf forest

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 519-534

  Xiao, Xiangming ^a   Hollinger, David ^b   Aber, John ^a   Goltz, Mike ^c   Davidson, Eric A ^d   Zhang, Qingyuan ^a   Moore III, Berrien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gross ecosystem exchange of CO 2; Howland forest; Vegetation index; VEGETATION sensor

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; VEGETATION;

CARBON CYCLE; EVERGREEN FORESTS; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION (GPP); NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE (NEE);

REMOTE SENSING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 1242298833     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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