Cropland carbon fluxes in the United States: Increasing geospatial resolution of inventory-based carbon accounting

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1074-1086

  West, Tristram O ^a   Brandt, Craig C ^b   Baskaran, Latha M ^a   Hellwinckel, Chad M ^c   Mueller, Richard ^d   Bernacchi, Carl J ^e,g   Bandaru, Varaprasad ^a   Yang, Bai ^a   Wilson, Bradly S ^c   Marland, Gregg ^a   Nelson, Richard G ^f   De La Torre Ugarte, Daniel G ^c   Post, Wilfred M ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d Research and Development Division   (United States)

^e ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^f KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cropland data layer; Fossil fuel emissions; Land cover; Land management; Moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS); Net carbon flux; Net primary production; Satellite remote sensing; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FLUX; CROP PRODUCTION; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOSSIL FUEL; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; MODIS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CARBON; FOSSIL FUELS; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ILLINOIS; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953175642     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2352.1     Document Type: Article

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