Year of Award
2016
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Type
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Name
Systems Ecology
Department or School/College
College of Forestry and Conservation
Committee Chair
John S. Kimball
Committee Co-chair
Steve W. Running
Commitee Members
Cory C. Cleveland Anna Sala Ragan M. Callaway
Keywords
Vegetation, Soil, Soil Moisture, Ecosystems, Biogeochemistry, Climate Change
Subject Categories
Biogeochemistry | Dynamic Systems | Hydrology | Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing | Other Forestry and Forest Sciences | Systems Biology | Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
Abstract
This dissertation describes the estimation, error quantification, and incorporation of land surface information from microwave satellite remote sensing for modeling global ecosystem land-atmosphere net CO2 exchange. Retrieval algorithms were developed for estimating soil moisture, surface water, surface temperature, and vegetation phenology from microwave imagery timeseries. Soil moisture retrievals were merged with model-based soil moisture estimates and incorporated into a light-use efficiency model for vegetation productivity coupled to a soil decomposition model. Results, including state and uncertainty estimates, were evaluated with a global eddy covariance flux tower network and other independent global model- and remote-sensing based products.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Lucas Alan, "Synthesis of Satellite Microwave Observations for Monitoring Global Land-Atmosphere CO2 Exchange" (2016). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 10873.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/10873
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