MODIS vegetation products as proxies of photosynthetic potential along a gradient of meteorologically and biologically driven ecosystem productivity

Biogeosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 5587-5608

  Restrepo Coupe, Natalia ^a   Huete, Alfredo ^a   Davies, Kevin ^a,f   Cleverly, James ^a   Beringer, Jason ^b   Eamus, Derek ^a   Van Gorsel, Eva ^c   Hutley, Lindsay B ^d   Meyer, Wayne S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CARBON CYCLE; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MODIS; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA;

EID: 84990829219     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-5587-2016     Document Type: Article

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