Land surface phenology from optical satellite measurement and CO 2 eddy covariance technique

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Gonsamo, Alemu ^a   Chen, Jing M ^a   David T Price, ^b   Kurz, Werner A ^c   Wu, Chaoyang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EDDY COVARIANCE; LAND SURFACE; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW COVER; SOIL COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867015459     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JG002070     Document Type: Article

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