Terrestrial carbon sinks for the United States Predicted from MODIS satellite data and ecosystem modeling

Earth Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Potter, Christopher ^a   Klooster, Steven ^b   Huete, Alfredo ^c   Genovese, Vanessa ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Ecosystems; EVI; MODIS; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; NASA; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

CARNEGIE-AMES-STANFORD APPROACH (CASA); ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 43049116088     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/EI228.1     Document Type: Article

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