Remote sensing of tundra gross ecosystem productivity and light use efficiency under varying temperature and moisture conditions

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 481-489

  Huemmrich, K F ^a   Gamon, J A ^a,b   Tweedie, C E ^c   Oberbauer, S F ^d   Kinoshita, G ^e   Houston, S ^b   Kuchy, A ^j   Hollister, R D ^f   Kwon, H ^g   Mano, M ^h   Harazono, Y ^h   Webber, P J ⁱ   Oechel, W C ^k  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IFC International   (United States)

^f GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

ⁱ MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^k SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Arctic tundra; CO2 flux; Fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation; Gross ecosystem exchange; Leaf area index; Light use efficiency; Mosses; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; Reflectance; Simulated environmental change

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC TUNDRA; ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION;

VEGETATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWING SEASON; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOSS; NDVI; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUNDRA; WARMING; WATER TABLE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 74149089497     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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