Satellite observations of annual variability in terrestrial carbon cycles and seasonal growing seasons at high northern latitudes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5654, Issue , 2004, Pages 244-254

  Kimball, John S ^a,c   Zhao, Maosheng ^c   McDonald, Kyle C ^b   Heinsch, Faith Ann ^c   Running, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic tundra; AVHRR; Boreal; Carbon cycle; Climate change; Freeze thaw; NPP; SSM I

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC TUNDRA; AVHRR; BOREAL; CARBON CYCLE; FREEZE/THAW; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION (NPP); SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER (SSM/I);

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; IMAGE SENSORS; THAWING; VEGETATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 20344366086     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.578815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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