Site-level evaluation of satellite-based global terrestrial gross primary production and net primary production monitoring

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 666-684

  Turner, David P ^a   Ritts, William D ^a   Cohen, Warren B ^b   Maeirsperger, Thomas K ^a   Gower, Stith T ^c   Kirschbaum, Al A ^c   Running, Steve W ^d   Zhao, Maosheng ^d   Wofsy, Steven C ^e   Dunn, Allison L ^e   Law, Beverly E ^a   Campbell, John L ^a   Oechel, Walter C ^f   Kwon, Hyo Jung ^f   Meyers, Tilden P ^g   Small, Eric E ^h   Kurc, Shirley A ^h   Gamon, John A ⁱ  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g National Oceanic/Atmospheric Admin   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; FPAR; Global; Gross primary production; Light use efficiency; MODIS; Net primary production; Satellite remote sensing; Scaling; Validation

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 20244366725     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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