Developing a diagnostic model for estimating terrestrial vegetation gross primary productivity using the photosynthetic quantum yield and Earth Observation data

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2878-2892

  Ogutu, Booker O ^a   Dash, Jadunandan ^b   Dawson, Terence P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C3, and C4 plants; Fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation; Gross primary productivity; Light use efficiency; Photosynthetic quantum yield; SCARF model

Indexed keywords

EOS; GRASSLAND; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MODELING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; C3, AND C4 PLANTS; EUROPE; FRACTION OF ABSORBED PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC QUANTUM YIELD; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; QUANTUM THEORY; SCARF MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

C3, AND C4 PLANTS; FRACTION OF ABSORBED PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHETIC QUANTUM YIELD; SCARF MODEL;

EUROPE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; QUANTUM THEORY; UNITED STATES;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881542670     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12261     Document Type: Article

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