Close relationship between spectral vegetation indices and Vcmax in deciduous and mixed forests

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Yanlian ^a   Ju, Weimin ^a   Sun, Xiaomin ^b   Hu, Zhongmin ^b   Han, Shijie ^c   Andrew Black, T ^d   Jassal, Rachhpal S ^d   Wu, Xiaocui ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BEPS model; Ensemble kalman filter; Spectral vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWING SEASON; KALMAN FILTER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MIXED FOREST; NDVI; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 84901992387     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: 16000889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v66.23279     Document Type: Article

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