Remote sensing of terrestrial primary production and carbon cycle

Advances in Land Remote Sensing: System, Modeling, Inversion and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 423-444

  Zhao, Maosheng ^a   Running, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAND USE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; VEGETATION;

ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; FRACTION OF PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATIONS; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER DATUM; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REMOTE SENSING INFORMATION; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84900658680     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6450-0_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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