Characterizing vegetation structural and topographic characteristics sampled by eddy covariance within two mature aspen stands using lidar and a flux footprint model: Scaling to MODIS

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Chasmer, L ^a   Kljun, N ^b   Hopkinson, C ^c   Brown, S ^a   Milne, T ^c   Giroux, K ^a   Barr, A ^d   Devito, K ^e   Creed, I ^f   Petrone, R ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EDDY COVARIANCE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIDAR; MODIS; PIXEL; SAMPLING; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND DYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 79959844728     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001567     Document Type: Article

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