Carbon fluxes in ecosystems of Yellowstone National Park predicted from remote sensing data and simulation modeling

Carbon Balance and Management

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Potter, Christopher ^a   Klooster, Steven ^b   Crabtree, Robert ^c   Huang, Shengli ^c   Gross, Peggy ^b   Genovese, Vanessa ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yellowstone Ecological Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CARBON BALANCE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWING SEASON; MODIS; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SHRUBLAND; SOIL RESPIRATION; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; MUSTELA;

EID: 80051519528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-0680-6-3     Document Type: Article

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