High-resolution satellite data reveal an increase in peak growing season gross primary production in a high-Arctic wet tundra ecosystem 1992-2008

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 407-416

  Tagesson, Torbern ^a   Mastepanov, Mikhail ^a   Tamstorf, Mikkel P ^b   Eklundh, Lars ^a   Schubert, Per ^a   Ekberg, Anna ^a   Sigsgaard, Charlotte ^c   Christensen, Torben R ^a   Ström, Lena ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fapar; Gpp; Light use efficiency; Ndvi; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NDVI; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TUNDRA;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ZACKENBERG;

EID: 84864506760     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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