Comparison of multiple models for estimating gross primary production using MODIS and eddy covariance data in Harvard Forest

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2925-2939

  Wu, Chaoyang ^a,b   Munger, J William ^c   Niu, Zheng ^a   Kuang, Da ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gross primary production; MODIS; TG; Vegetation index; VPM

Indexed keywords

GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; MODIS; TG; VEGETATION INDEX; VPM;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDDY COVARIANCE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MODIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION INDEX;

HARVARD FOREST; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956879221     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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