Impact assessment of satellite-derived leaf area index datasets using a general circulation model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 993-1015

  Kang, Hyun Suk ^a   Xue, Yongkang ^a   Collatz, G James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; LATENT HEAT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; REMOTE SENSING-DERIVED LEAF AREA INDEX (RSLAI); SEASONAL CLIMATE SIMULATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; AVHRR; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LEAF AREA INDEX; SATELLITE DATA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34147158440     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4054.1     Document Type: Article

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