Quantifying fire-wide carbon emissions in interior Alaska using field measurements and Landsat imagery

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1608-1629

  Rogers, B M ^a,b   Veraverbeke, S ^a   Azzari, G ^a   Czimczik, C I ^a   Holden, S R ^a   Mouteva, G O ^a   Sedano, F ^c   Treseder, K K ^a   Randerson, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ALLOMETRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON EMISSION; COMBUSTION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIELD METHOD; FOREST FIRE; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84924246882     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002657     Document Type: Article

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