Terrestrial carbon sinks in the brazilian amazon and cerrado region predicted from MODIS satellite data and ecosystem modeling

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 937-945

  Potter, C ^a   Klooster, S ^b   Huete, A ^c   Genovese, V ^b   Bustamante, M ^d   Guimaraes Ferreira, L ^e   De Oliveira Jr , R C ^f   Zepp, R ^g  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^f EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^g U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; CERRADO; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MODIS; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION INDEX;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MARANHAO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69249095400     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-937-2009     Document Type: Article

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