Assessing the use of camera-based indices for characterizing canopy phenology in relation to gross primary production in a deciduous broad-leaved and an evergreen coniferous forest in Japan

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-54

  Saitoh, Taku M ^a   Nagai, Shin ^b   Saigusa, Nobuko ^c   Kobayashi, Hideki ^b   Suzuki, Rikie ^b   Nasahara, Kenlo Nishida ^d   Muraoka, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deciduous broad leaved forest; Digital camera; Eddy covariance; Evergreen coniferous forest; GPP; RGB

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIGITAL IMAGE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION INDEX;

JAPAN;

EID: 84865194630     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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