Modelling gross primary production of a tropical semi-deciduous forest in the southern Amazon Basin

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1540-1562

  Biudes, Marcelo Sacardi ^a   Souza, Maísa Caldas ^a   Machado, Nadja Gomes ^a,b   de Morais Danelichen, Victor Hugo ^a   Vourlitis, George Louis ^c   de Souza Nogueira, José ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EFFICIENCY; RADIOMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

CANOPY SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LAND SURFACE WATER INDEX; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-USE-EFFICIENCY MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX DENSITIES;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EDDY COVARIANCE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MODIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER AVAILABILITY;

FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PLANTS; RADIOMETRY; SOIL;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO; SINOP [MATO GROSSO];

EID: 84894088583     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.878059     Document Type: Article

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