Amazon forest structure generates diurnal and seasonal variability in light utilization

Biogeosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2195-2206

  Morton, Douglas C ^a   Rubio, Jérémy ^a,b   Cook, Bruce D ^a   Gastellu Etchegorry, Jean Philippe ^b   Longo, Marcos ^c   Choi, Hyeungu ^a,d   Hunter, Maria ^e   Keller, Michael ^c,f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d Global Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; DATA ASSIMILATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIDAR; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84964402701     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-2195-2016     Document Type: Article

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