The potential of the MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index for carbon flux estimation

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1856-1862

  Harris, A ^a   Dash, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Flux tower; MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index; MTCI; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON FLUXES; CHLOROPHYLL INDEX; EDDY COVARIANCE TOWERS; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MTCI; NORTH AMERICAN; SPECTRAL INDICES; VEGETATION COMPOSITION; VEGETATION INDEX;

CHLOROPHYLL; FORESTRY; PORPHYRINS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS; TOWERS;

VEGETATION;

CARBON FLUX; CHLOROPHYLL; EDDY COVARIANCE; MERIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 77955686297     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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