We hypothesize that a necessary equilibrium exists between climate, soil water-holding capacity and maximum leaf area in water limited coniferous forest ecosystems. To test this hypothesis over a large range of forests in Montana, spectral reflectance data from two different satellite sensors, Landsat/Thematic Mapper and NOAA/AVHRR, were combined with leaf area index (LAI) measured or simulated from a forest ecosystem model, FOREST-BGC. Transpiration simulated by the model with representative climatic and soil data was used to calculate equilibrium leaf area index of 20 mature conifer forest stands across Montana. A strong correlation was found between calculated and field measured of leaf area index, R2 = 0.87. To test if satellite data ca...
The availability of global products of leaf area index (LAI) using remote sensing (RS) data makes it...
This study investigated the relationship between leaf production, litterfall, water balance, Leaf Ar...
Global land surface evapotranspiration (ET) is a critical constituent of the global energy and water...
Without better estimates of soil properties than are currently available from coarse-scale maps, it ...
A biophysical soil–site model is presented for predicting potential forest productivity, defined as ...
We present a Regional Ecosystem Simulation System (RESSys) which uses satellite data to define veget...
Mapping Regional Forest Evapotranspiration and Photosynthesis by Coupling Satellite Data With Ecosys...
Many important ecological questions concern ecosystem processes occurring over large areas. However,...
An ecosystem process model is described that calculates the carbon, water and nitrogen cycles throug...
Terrestrial ecosystems provide an array of hydrological functions important for human well-being. Hy...
The terrestrial biosphere shapes the exchange fluxes of energy and mass at the land surface. The div...
This study was designed to address a major source of uncertainty pertaining to coupled carbon-water ...
Across the Pacific Northwest, the climate between 1950 and 1975 was exceptionally cool and wet compa...
Graduation date: 2014Understanding the tradeoff between water use and productivity is critical for m...
Abstract Research on the terrestrial C balance focuses largely on measuring and predicting responses...
The availability of global products of leaf area index (LAI) using remote sensing (RS) data makes it...
This study investigated the relationship between leaf production, litterfall, water balance, Leaf Ar...
Global land surface evapotranspiration (ET) is a critical constituent of the global energy and water...
Without better estimates of soil properties than are currently available from coarse-scale maps, it ...
A biophysical soil–site model is presented for predicting potential forest productivity, defined as ...
We present a Regional Ecosystem Simulation System (RESSys) which uses satellite data to define veget...
Mapping Regional Forest Evapotranspiration and Photosynthesis by Coupling Satellite Data With Ecosys...
Many important ecological questions concern ecosystem processes occurring over large areas. However,...
An ecosystem process model is described that calculates the carbon, water and nitrogen cycles throug...
Terrestrial ecosystems provide an array of hydrological functions important for human well-being. Hy...
The terrestrial biosphere shapes the exchange fluxes of energy and mass at the land surface. The div...
This study was designed to address a major source of uncertainty pertaining to coupled carbon-water ...
Across the Pacific Northwest, the climate between 1950 and 1975 was exceptionally cool and wet compa...
Graduation date: 2014Understanding the tradeoff between water use and productivity is critical for m...
Abstract Research on the terrestrial C balance focuses largely on measuring and predicting responses...
The availability of global products of leaf area index (LAI) using remote sensing (RS) data makes it...
This study investigated the relationship between leaf production, litterfall, water balance, Leaf Ar...
Global land surface evapotranspiration (ET) is a critical constituent of the global energy and water...