Title

Estimating Terrestrial Primary Productivity by Combining Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Simulation

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Title

Remote Sensing of Biosphere Functioning

Publication Date

1990

Volume

79

Issue

Chapter 4

First Page

65

Last Page

86

Abstract

Beginning in 1972 with the launch of Landsat 1, estimation of terrestrial plant production has been one of the most important applications attempted of satellite remote sensing. Initial interest focused on the prediction of regional crop yields, such as wheat (Erickson, 1984). However, changing goals, hardware capabilities, and theory have produced a steady evolution in the approaches taken to calculate net primary production (NPP) of large areas. Interest has also expanded to calculating primary production of natural vegetation. The much wider array of topography, climate, canopy geometry, and life-cycle dynamics exhibited by natural vegetation make computation of primary production much more challenging than the rather controlled, organized field conditions of a crop.

Keywords

Aerial photography, Aerial surveys, Amazon River, Biochemistry, Biogeochemical cycles, Biology, Biosphere, Data collection, Forest ecology, Marine flora, Plant physiology, Remote sensing, River basins, Soil moisture, terrestrial ecosystems

Rights

© 1990 Springer-Verlag

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS