Estimation of daytime net ecosystem CO2 exchange over balsam fir forests in eastern Canada: Combining averaged tower-based flux measurements with remotely sensed MODIS data

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 405-416

  Hassan, Quazi K ^a   Bourque, Charles P A ^a   Meng, Fan Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ABSORBED PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (APAR); FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS);

FORESTRY;

ABIES AMABILIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 34547341036     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m07-009     Document Type: Article

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