Phenology and gross primary production of two dominant savanna woodland ecosystems in Southern Africa

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 135, Issue , 2013, Pages 189-201

  Jin, Cui ^a   Xiao, Xiangming ^a   Merbold, Lutz ^b   Arneth, Almut ^c   Veenendaal, Elmar ^d   Kutsch, Werner L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; LSWI; MODIS; Vegetation indices; Vegetation Photosynthesis Model (VPM)

Indexed keywords

EDDY COVARIANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE MEASUREMENTS; LSWI; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; TERRESTRIAL CARBON CYCLE; VEGETATION INDEX;

BIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIGITAL STORAGE; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; DOMINANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE; GROWING SEASON; MODIS; NDVI; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; SEASONALITY; VEGETATION INDEX; WOODLAND;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84877352275     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.03.033     Document Type: Article

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