On the use of MODIS EVI to assess gross primary productivity of North American ecosystems

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Sims, Daniel A ^a   Rahman, Abdullah F ^b   Cordova, Vicente D ^b   El Masri, Bassil Z ^b   Baldocchi, Dennis D ^c   Flanagan, Lawrence B ^d   Goldstein, Allen H ^c   Hollinger, David Y ^e   Misson, Laurent ^c   Monson, Russell K ^f   Oechel, Walter C ^g   Schmid, Hans P ^h   Wofsy, Steven C ⁱ   Xu, Liukang ^j  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j LI COR BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; LAND SURFACE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MODIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34247388368     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000162     Document Type: Article

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