Integration of high- And low-resolution satellite data to Estimate pine forest productivity in a Mediterranean coastal area

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-143

  Maselli, Fabio ^a   Chiesi, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR); C Fix; Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+); Forest BioGeochemical Cycles (Forest BGC); Gross primary productivity (GPP); Integration; Net primary productivity (NPP); Pine forest; Thematic Mapper (TM)

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SATELLITES;

FOREST RESPIRATION; PINE FORESTS; THEMATIC MAPPERS (TM);

REMOTE SENSING;

FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

EID: 12844250699     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.839434     Document Type: Article

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