Interannual variability in North American grassland biomass/productivity detected by SeaWinds scatterometer backscatter

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Frolking, Steve ^a   Fahnestock, M ^a   Milliman, T ^a   McDonald, K ^b   Kimball, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; WIND EFFECTS;

GRASSLAND BIOMASS; GROWING-SEASON MEAN BACKSCATTER; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BACKSCATTER; BIOMASS; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 29344455507     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024230     Document Type: Article

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