Constraining rooting depths in tropical rainforests using satellite data and ecosystem modeling for accurate simulation of gross primary production seasonality

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-77

  Ichii, Kazuhito ^a   Hashimoto, Hirofumi ^b   White, Michael A ^c   Potter, Christopher ^d   Hutyra, Lucy R ^e   Huete, Alfredo R ^f   Myneni, Ranga B ^g   Nemani, Ramakrishna R ^d  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Biome BGC; Carbon cycle; Gross primary production; MODIS; Remote sensing; Rooting depth; Seasonal cycle; Terrestrial biosphere model; Tropical forest; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MODIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFOREST; REMOTE SENSING; ROOTING; SATELLITE DATA; SIMULATION; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 33846245929     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01277.x     Document Type: Review

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