Intercomparison of fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation products derived from satellite data over Europe

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 141-154

  D'Odorico, Petra ^a   Gonsamo, Alemu ^b   Pinty, Bernard ^c   Gobron, Nadine ^c   Coops, Nicholas ^d   Mendez, Elias ^a   Schaepman, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Europe; Flux tower; Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR); Intercomparison; JRC TIP; MGVI; MODIS; Triple collocation

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; FLUX TOWERS; INTERCOMPARISONS; JRC-TIP; MGVI; MODIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; TRIPLE COLLOCATION;

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION; BIOME; BIOPHYSICS; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON BALANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND SURFACE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING; SUN LIGHT;

BOSTON; EUROPE; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891077375     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.12.005     Document Type: Article

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