Tree phenology and carbon dioxide fluxes: Use of digital photography for process-based interpretation at the ecosystem scale

Climate Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-274

  Ahrends, H E ^a,b   Etzold, S ^b   Kutsch, W L ^c   Stoeckli, R ^d   Bruegger, R ^a   Jeanneret, F ^a   Wanner, H ^a   Buchmann, N ^b   Eugster, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Digital camera; Forest; Gross primary productivity; Growing season; Image analysis; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ASH TREES; AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; BEECH TREES; CARBON DIOXIDE FLUX; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIGITAL IMAGERY; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; FOREST; FOREST CANOPIES; GAS EXCHANGE; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; GROWING SEASON; IMAGE COLOR; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MIXED FORESTS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; OBJECTIVE MEASURE; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE; RGB CAMERAS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRONGLY CONNECTED; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOUR; TIME LAG; TREE SPECIES; VEGETATION PHENOLOGY; WATER EXCHANGE;

CAMERAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; STANDARDIZATION; VEGETATION; VIDEO CAMERAS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL IMAGE; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; DOMINANCE; EMERGENCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOREST CANOPY; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWING SEASON; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; MIXED FOREST; PHENOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER EXCHANGE;

FAGUS; FRAXINUS;

EID: 70349467590     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00811     Document Type: Article

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