Mapping carbon flux uncertainty and selecting optimal locations for future flux towers in the Great Plains

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-326

  Gu, Yingxin ^a   Howard, Daniel M ^b   Wylie, Bruce K ^a   Zhang, Li ^c  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^b SGT INC   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

Author keywords

Extrapolation; Flux tower location; Great Plains; Mean absolute difference; Net ecosystem production (NEP); Regression tree models

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MAPPING METHOD; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WATER VAPOR;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84856427349     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9699-7     Document Type: Article

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