Assessing eddy-covariance flux tower location bias across the Fluxnet-Canada Research Network based on remote sensing and footprint modelling

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-100

  Chen, Baozhang ^a,b   Coops, Nicholas C ^b   Fu, Dongjie ^a   Margolis, Hank A ^c   Amiro, Brian D ^d   Barr, Alan G ^e   Black, T Andrew ^b   Arain, M Altaf ^f   Bourque, Charles P A ^g   Flanagan, Lawrence B ^h   Lafleur, Peter M ⁱ   McCaughey, J Harry ^j   Wofsy, Steven C ^k  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

ⁱ TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Carbon flux; Eddy covariance; EVI; Fluxnet; Footprint climatology; NDVI; Net ecosystem exchange; SAFE footprint model; Sensor location bias

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EDDY COVARIANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GRASSLAND; LAND SURFACE; LANDSAT; NDVI; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; THEMATIC MAPPING; TRANSECT;

CANADA;

EID: 78649321441     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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