Improving ecosystem productivity modeling through spatially explicit estimation of optimal light use efficiency

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1755-1769

  Madani, Nima ^a,b   Kimball, John S ^a,b   Affleck, David L R ^b   Kattge, Jens ^c   Graham, Jon ^b   Van Bodegom, Peter M ^d   Reich, Peter B ^e,f   Running, Steven W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOME; EDDY COVARIANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; LEAF; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84921892741     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002709     Document Type: Article

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