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Evaluation of Envisat MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index based models for the estimation of terrestrial Gross Primary Productivity

Evaluation of Envisat MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index based models for the estimation of terrestrial Gross Primary Productivity
Evaluation of Envisat MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index based models for the estimation of terrestrial Gross Primary Productivity
This paper evaluates three Envisat MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (MTCI) based models for the estimation of terrestrial Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) across a range of vegetation types. Correlations between flux tower measures of GPP and models for years between 2003 and 2007 were established for 30 sites across USA, Canada and Brazil. Correlations were seen to range from very strong to weak depending on seasonal variation in photosynthetic capacity (which is influenced by chlorophyll content) exhibited by the vegetation at each site. At least one of the three models obtained a statistically significant relationship with GPP at every site. Results indicate that chlorophyll content (as measured by the MTCI) is a most relevant community property for estimating primary productivity and chlorophyll-related vegetation indices provide favourable approximations of the GPP of terrestrial vegetation. The inclusion of radiation information (PAR and fPAR) into the models extended the applicability of the models and the accuracy of the GPP estimate. Although further investigation is required to fully understand the applicability of these models and their parameters, these results point to the possibility of a total remote sensing approach to GPP estimation
1545-598X
Boyd, D.
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Almond, S.
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Dash, J.
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Hill, R.
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Curran, P.J.
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Boyd, D., Almond, S., Dash, J., Curran, P.J., Hill, R. and Foody, G. (2011) Evaluation of Envisat MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index based models for the estimation of terrestrial Gross Primary Productivity. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. (In Press)

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This paper evaluates three Envisat MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (MTCI) based models for the estimation of terrestrial Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) across a range of vegetation types. Correlations between flux tower measures of GPP and models for years between 2003 and 2007 were established for 30 sites across USA, Canada and Brazil. Correlations were seen to range from very strong to weak depending on seasonal variation in photosynthetic capacity (which is influenced by chlorophyll content) exhibited by the vegetation at each site. At least one of the three models obtained a statistically significant relationship with GPP at every site. Results indicate that chlorophyll content (as measured by the MTCI) is a most relevant community property for estimating primary productivity and chlorophyll-related vegetation indices provide favourable approximations of the GPP of terrestrial vegetation. The inclusion of radiation information (PAR and fPAR) into the models extended the applicability of the models and the accuracy of the GPP estimate. Although further investigation is required to fully understand the applicability of these models and their parameters, these results point to the possibility of a total remote sensing approach to GPP estimation

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Accepted/In Press date: 2011
Organisations: Global Env Change & Earth Observation

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Local EPrints ID: 201285
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/201285
ISSN: 1545-598X
PURE UUID: 2a920956-c06e-465f-9b2c-29d8d969b1c0
ORCID for J. Dash: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5444-2109

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Date deposited: 28 Oct 2011 13:56
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:17

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Author: D. Boyd
Author: S. Almond
Author: J. Dash ORCID iD
Author: P.J. Curran
Author: R. Hill
Author: G. Foody

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