Strong links between teleconnections and ecosystem exchange found at a Pacific Northwest old-growth forest from flux tower and MODIS EVI data

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2187-2205

  Wharton, Sonia ^a,c   Chasmer, Laura ^b   Falk, Matthias ^a   Paw U, Kyaw Tha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AmeriFlux; Eddy covariance; ENSO; EVI; Interannual variability; Net ecosystem exchange; Old growth forest; Teleconnection patterns

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MODIS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; REMOTE SENSING; TELECONNECTION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WIND RIVER; WYOMING;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 68649099956     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01952.x     Document Type: Article

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