A modeling approach for upscaling gross ecosystem production to the landscape scale using remote sensing data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Hilker, Thomas ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Hall, Forrest G ^b   Andrew Black, T ^a   Chen, Baozhang ^a   Krishnan, Praveena ^d   Wulder, Michael A ^f   Seilers, Piers J ^e   Middleton, Elizabeth M ^b   Huemmrich, Karl F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^f PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EDDY COVARIANCE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REFLECTANCE; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 58149126691     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000666     Document Type: Article

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