Evaluating remote sensing of deciduous forest phenology at multiple spatial scales using PhenoCam imagery

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 4305-4320

  Klosterman, S T ^a   Hufkens, K ^a,b   Gray, J M ^c   Melaas, E ^c   Sonnentag, O ^a,d   Lavine, I ^e   Mitchell, L ^f   Norman, R ^g   Friedl, M A ^c   Richardson, A D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^f LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84906350480     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-4305-2014     Document Type: Article

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