Interacting Effects of Leaf Water Potential and Biomass on Vegetation Optical Depth

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 3031-3046

  Momen, Mostafa ^a   Wood, Jeffrey D ^b   Novick, Kimberly A ^c   Pangle, Robert ^d   Pockman, William T ^d   McDowell, Nate G ^e   Konings, Alexandra G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass; leaf water potential; microwave remote sensing; vegetation optical depth; vegetation water content

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; LEAF AREA INDEX; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS;

INDIANA; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS;

EID: 85034826788     PISSN: 21698953     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2017JG004145     Document Type: Article

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