A remotely sensed pigment index reveals photosynthetic phenology in evergreen conifers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 46, 2016, Pages 13087-13092

  Gamon, John A ^a,b   Huemmrich, K Fred ^c   Wong, Christopher Y S ^d   Ensminger, Ingo ^d   Garrity, Steven ^e   Hollinger, David Y ^f   Noormets, Asko ^g   Peñuelask, Josep ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Decagon Devices Inc   (United States)

^f USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station   (United States)

^g NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoid pigments; CCI; Chlorophyll carotenoid index; Evergreen conifers; Gross primary productivity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CONIFER; EVERGREEN; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DETECTOR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSOR; SPACE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PIGMENTATION; PINE; PLANT LEAF; SEASON;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTATION; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONS;

EID: 84995542990     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1606162113     Document Type: Article

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