Changes of net primary productivity in China during recent 11 years detected using an ecological model driven by MODIS data

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 112-127

  Liu, Yibo ^a   Ju, Weimin ^a   He, Honglin ^b   Wang, Shaoqiang ^b   Sun, Rui ^c   Zhang, Yuandong ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

BEPS model; MODIS data; NPP; remote sensing; temporal and spatial variations

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DETECTION METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA;

EID: 84873173447     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-012-0348-5     Document Type: Article

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