A novel algorithm to assess gross primary production for terrestrial ecosystems from MODIS imagery

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 590-605

  Yang, Yuting ^a   Shang, Songhao ^a   Guan, Huade ^b,c   Jiang, Lei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

Author keywords

gross primary production; light use efficiency; MODIS; North America; satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARBON FLUX; EVERGREEN FOREST; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MODIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84880098060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20056     Document Type: Article

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