Estimation of crop gross primary production (GPP): I. impact of MODIS observation footprint and impact of vegetation BRDF characteristics

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 191, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-63

  Zhang, Qingyuan ^a,b   Cheng, Yen Ben ^b,c   Lyapustin, Alexei I ^b   Wang, Yujie ^b,d   Xiao, Xiangming ^e   Suyker, Andrew ^f   Verma, Shashi ^f   Tan, Bin ^g   Middleton, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a Unversities Space Research Association   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Earth Resources Technology Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^g SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

BRDF; Chlorophyll; Daily GPP; Footprint; MODIS

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; FIELD; MAIZE; MODIS; NDVI; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOYBEAN; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 84895997429     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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