Integrating remotely sensed land cover observations and a biogeochemical model for estimating forest ecosystem carbon dynamics

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 219, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 361-372

  Liu, Jinxun ^a   Liu, Shuguang ^a   Loveland, Thomas R ^a   Tieszen, Larry L ^a  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; GEMS; Land cover change; Net primary productivity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; FORESTRY; GEMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOILS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DYNAMICS; DRIVING FORCES; ENSEMBLE SIMULATIONS; FOREST AGES; FOREST BIOMASSES; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; FOREST STANDS; FOREST TYPES; INPUT DATUMS; LAND COVER CHANGE; LAND COVERS; MONTE CARLO; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SIMULATION UNITS; SOIL MAPS; STATSGO; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

LANDFORMS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND COVER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

CHELATION; COMPUTATION; DATA PROCESSING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; LAND; SIMULATION; SOIL;

EID: 55249086927     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.04.019     Document Type: Article

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