The sensitivity of models of gross primary productivity to meteorological and leaf area forcing: A comparison between a Penman-Monteith ecophysiological approach and the MODIS Light-Use Efficiency algorithm

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 218-219, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-24

  Alton, Paul B ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; FLUXNET; Leaf Area Index (LAI); Light Use Efficiency (LUE); Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); Process based models

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; METEOROLOGY; MODIS; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 84960365036     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.11.010     Document Type: Article

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