The match and mismatch between photosynthesis and land surface phenology of deciduous forests

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 214-215, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-38

  D'Odorico, Petra ^a   Gonsamo, Alemu ^b   Gough, Christopher M ^c   Bohrer, Gil ^d   Morison, James ^e   Wilkinson, Matthew ^e   Hanson, Paul J ^f   Gianelle, Damiano ^g   Fuentes, Jose D ^h   Buchmann, Nina ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ohio State University   (United States)

^e FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EVI; FLUXNET; Gross ecosystem productivity; MODIS; NDVI; Phenology Index

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; DECIDUOUS FOREST; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84939170337     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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