Evaluating remotely sensed phenological metrics in a dynamic ecosystem model

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4660-4686

  Xu, Hong ^a   Twine, Tracy E ^a   Yang, Xi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro IBIS; Dynamic ecosystem model; MODIS; Phenology; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

AGRO-IBIS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; MODIS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; PHENOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MODELS; PHENOLOGY; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84901465465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6064660     Document Type: Article

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