A Continuous Measure of Gross Primary Production for the Conterminous U.S. Derived from MODIS and AmeriFlux Data

• Published in: Remote sensing of environment
• Main Authors: Xia, Jingfeng, Zhuang, Qianlai, Law, Beverly E., Chen, Jiquan, Baldocchi, Dennis D., Cook, David R., Oren, Ram, Richardson, Andrew D., Wharton, Sonia, Ma, Siyan, Martin, Timothy A., Verma, Shashi B., Suyker, Andrew E., Scott, Russell L., Monson, Russell K., Litvak, Marcy, Hollinger, David Y., Sun, Ge, Davis, Kenneth J., Bolstad, Paul V., Burns, Sean P., Curtis, Peter S., Drake, Bert G., Falk, Matthias, Fischer, Marc L., Foster, David R., Gu, Lianhong, Hadley, Julian L., Katul, Gabriel G., Matamala, Roser, McNulty, Steve, Meyers, Tilden P., Munger, J. William, Noormets, Asko, Oechel, Walter C., U, Kyaw Tha Paw, Schmid, Hans Peter, Starr, Gregory, Torn, Margaret S., Wofsy, Steven C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 28.01.2009
• Subjects: BIOSPHERE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATES; DISTURBANCES; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; HURRICANES; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOLUTION; TREES

The quantification of carbon fluxes between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere is of scientific importance and also relevant to climate-policy making. Eddy covariance flux towers provide continuous measurements of ecosystem-level exchange of carbon dioxide spanning diurnal, synoptic, seaso...