Estimating forest carbon fluxes in a disturbed southeastern landscape: Integration of remote sensing, forest inventory, and biogeochemical modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Masek, Jeffrey G ^a   Collatz, G James ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 34249804340     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JG000062     Document Type: Article

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