Satellite-based modeling of the carbon fluxes in mature black spruce forests in Alaska: A synthesis of the eddy covariance data and satellite remote sensing data

Earth Interactions

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1-27

  Ueyama, Masahito ^a   Harazono, Yoshinobu ^b   Ichii, Kazuhito ^c  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alaska; Black spruce forest; Eddy covariance; MODIS; Scale up; Warming climate

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

ALASKA; BLACK SPRUCE FORESTS; EDDY COVARIANCE; MODIS; SCALE-UP; WARMING CLIMATE;

FORESTRY;

EID: 78650384065     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010EI319.1     Document Type: Article

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