A long-term simulation of forest carbon fluxes over the Qilian Mountains

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 515-526

  Yan, Min ^a   Tian, Xin ^a   Li, Zengyuan ^a   Chen, Erxue ^a   Li, Chunmei ^a,b   Fan, Wenwu ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biome BGC model; Dendrochronological data; Eddy covariance; MODIS GPP model

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EDDY COVARIANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SIMULATION;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84997796791     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.07.009     Document Type: Article

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