Estimating crop net primary production using national inventory data and MODIS-derived parameters

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-71

  Bandaru, Varaprasad ^a   West, Tristram O ^a   Ricciuto, Daniel M ^b   Cesar Izaurralde R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon flux; Crop production; Geospatial scaling; Phenology; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACIDS; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; NITROGEN FIXATION; OILSEEDS; SILVER HALIDES;

CARBON FLUXES; CROP PRODUCTION; GEO-SPATIAL; PHENOLOGY; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CARBON FLUX; CROP PRODUCTION; INVENTORY; MAIZE; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOYBEAN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ILLINOIS; IOWA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84876460526     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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