A Continuous Satellite-Derived Measure of Global Terrestrial Primary Production

Site-level evaluation of satellite-based global terrestrial gross primary production and net primary production monitoring

Operational monitoring of global terrestrial gross primary production (GPP) and net primary production (NPP) is now underway using imagery from the satellite-borne Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor. Evaluation of MODIS GPP and NPP products will require site-level studies across a range of biomes, with close attention to numerous scaling issues that must be addressed t...

Optimal Estimates of Global Terrestrial Gross Primary Production from Satellite Fluorescence and Dgvms

Determining the spatial and temporal distribution of terrestrial gross primary production (GPP) is a critical step in closing the Earth’s carbon budget. Dynamical global vegetation models (DGVMs) provide mechanistic insight into GPP variability but diverge in predicting the response to climate in poorly investigated regions. Recent advances in the remote sensing of solar-induced chlorophyll flu...

Satellite-based terrestrial production efficiency modeling

Production efficiency models (PEMs) are based on the theory of light use efficiency (LUE) which states that a relatively constant relationship exists between photosynthetic carbon uptake and radiation receipt at the canopy level. Challenges remain however in the application of the PEM methodology to global net primary productivity (NPP) monitoring. The objectives of this review are as follows: ...

A continuous measure of gross primary production for the conterminous United States derived from MODIS and AmeriFlux data

Jingfeng Xiao ⁎, Qianlai Zhuang , Beverly E. Law , Jiquan Chen , Dennis D. Baldocchi , David R. Cook , Ram Oren , Andrew D. Richardson , Sonia Wharton , Siyan Ma , Timothy A. Martin , Shashi B. Verma , Andrew E. Suyker , Russell L. Scott , Russell K. Monson , Marcy Litvak , David Y. Hollinger , Ge Sun , Kenneth J. Davis , Paul V. Bolstad , Sean P. Burns , Peter S. Curtis , Bert G. Drake , Matth...

A continuous satellite-derived global record of land surface evapotranspiration from 1983 to 2006