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sensing and analysis data over Western Eurasia. Tellus B 54(5):820–833
Li ZQ et al (2007) Modeling gross primary production of alpine ecosystems in the Tibetan
Plateau using MODIS images and climate data. Remote Sens Environ 107(3):510–519
Lloyd J, Taylor JA (1994) On the temperature-dependence of soil respiration. Funct Ecol
8(3):315–323
Matsushita B, Xu M, Chen J, Kameyama S, Tamura M (2004) Estimation of regional net primary
productivity (NPP) using a process-based ecosystem model: how important is the accuracy of
climate data? Ecol Model 178(3–4):371–388
McCallum IWW, Schmullius C, Shvidenko A, Obersteiner M, Fritz S, Nilsson S (2009) Satellitebased terrestrial production efficiency modeling. Carbon Balance Manage. doi:10.1186/17500680-4-8
McGuire AD, Melillo JM, Kicklighter DW, Joyce LA (1995) Equilibrium responses of soil
carbon to climate change: empirical and process-based estimates. J Biogeogr
22(4–5):785–796
Monteith JL (1972) Solar radiation and productivity in tropical ecosystems. J Appl Ecol
9:747–766
Monteith JL (1977) Climate and efficiency of crop production in Britain. Philos Trans Roy Soc
Lond Series B Biol Sci 281(980):277–294
Moureaux C et al (2008) Carbon balance assessment of a Belgian winter wheat crop (Triticum
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Nayak RK, Patel NR, Dadhwal VK (2010) Estimation and analysis of terrestrial net primary
productivity over India by remote-sensing-driven terrestrial biosphere model. Environ Monit
Assess 170(1–4):195–213
Papale D et al (2006) Towards a standardized processing of net ecosystem exchange measured
with eddy covariance technique: algorithms and uncertainty estimation. Biogeosciences
3(4):571–583
Parton WJ et al (1993) Observations and modeling of biomass and soil organic-matter dynamics
for the grassland biome worldwide. Glob Biogeochem Cycles 7(4):785–809
Peng Y, Gitelson AA (2012) Remote estimation of gross primary productivity in soybean and
maize based on total crop chlorophyll content. Remote Sens Environ 117:440–448
Peng Y, Gitelson AA, Keydan G, Rundquist DC, Moses W (2011) Remote estimation of gross
primary production in maize and support for a new paradigm based on total crop chlorophyll
content. Remote Sens Environ 115(4):978–989
Piao S et al (2011) Altitude and temperature dependence of change in the spring vegetation
green-up date from 1982 to 2006 in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Agr For Meteorol
151(12):1599–1608
Piao SL, Friedlingstein P, Ciais P, Zhou LM, Chen AP (2006) Effect of climate and CO 2 changes
on the greening of the Northern Hemisphere over the past two decades. Geophys Res Lett
33(23):L13802
Potter C et al (2003) Continental-scale comparisons of terrestrial carbon sinks estimated from
satellite data and ecosystem modeling 1982–1998. Glob Planet Change 39(3–4):201–213
Potter C, Klooster S, Genovese V, Hiatt C, Boriah S, Kumar V, Mithal V, Garg A (2012)
Terrestrial ecosystem carbon fluxes predicted from MODIS satellite data and large-scale
disturbance modeling. Int J Geosci. doi:10.4236/ijg.2012
Potter CS (1999) Terrestrial biomass and the effects of deforestation on the global carbon cycle—
results from a model of primary production using satellite observations. Bioscience
49(10):769–778
Potter CS et al (1998) Regional application of an ecosystem production model for studies of
biogeochemistry in Brazilian Amazonia. Glob Change Biol 4(3):315–333
146
X. Xiao et al.
production of irrigated and rain-fed maize using MODIS imagery and CO(2) flux tower data.
Agr For Meteorol 151(12):1514–1528
Lafont S et al (2002) Spatial and temporal variability of land CO2 fluxes estimated with remote
sensing and analysis data over Western Eurasia. Tellus B 54(5):820–833
Li ZQ et al (2007) Modeling gross primary production of alpine ecosystems in the Tibetan
Plateau using MODIS images and climate data. Remote Sens Environ 107(3):510–519
Lloyd J, Taylor JA (1994) On the temperature-dependence of soil respiration. Funct Ecol
8(3):315–323
Matsushita B, Xu M, Chen J, Kameyama S, Tamura M (2004) Estimation of regional net primary
productivity (NPP) using a process-based ecosystem model: how important is the accuracy of
climate data? Ecol Model 178(3–4):371–388
McCallum IWW, Schmullius C, Shvidenko A, Obersteiner M, Fritz S, Nilsson S (2009) Satellitebased terrestrial production efficiency modeling. Carbon Balance Manage. doi:10.1186/17500680-4-8
McGuire AD, Melillo JM, Kicklighter DW, Joyce LA (1995) Equilibrium responses of soil
carbon to climate change: empirical and process-based estimates. J Biogeogr
22(4–5):785–796
Monteith JL (1972) Solar radiation and productivity in tropical ecosystems. J Appl Ecol
9:747–766
Monteith JL (1977) Climate and efficiency of crop production in Britain. Philos Trans Roy Soc
Lond Series B Biol Sci 281(980):277–294
Moureaux C et al (2008) Carbon balance assessment of a Belgian winter wheat crop (Triticum
aestivum L.). Global Change Biol 14(6):1353–1366
Nayak RK, Patel NR, Dadhwal VK (2010) Estimation and analysis of terrestrial net primary
productivity over India by remote-sensing-driven terrestrial biosphere model. Environ Monit
Assess 170(1–4):195–213
Papale D et al (2006) Towards a standardized processing of net ecosystem exchange measured
with eddy covariance technique: algorithms and uncertainty estimation. Biogeosciences
3(4):571–583
Parton WJ et al (1993) Observations and modeling of biomass and soil organic-matter dynamics
for the grassland biome worldwide. Glob Biogeochem Cycles 7(4):785–809
Peng Y, Gitelson AA (2012) Remote estimation of gross primary productivity in soybean and
maize based on total crop chlorophyll content. Remote Sens Environ 117:440–448
Peng Y, Gitelson AA, Keydan G, Rundquist DC, Moses W (2011) Remote estimation of gross
primary production in maize and support for a new paradigm based on total crop chlorophyll
content. Remote Sens Environ 115(4):978–989
Piao S et al (2011) Altitude and temperature dependence of change in the spring vegetation
green-up date from 1982 to 2006 in the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Agr For Meteorol
151(12):1599–1608
Piao SL, Friedlingstein P, Ciais P, Zhou LM, Chen AP (2006) Effect of climate and CO 2 changes
on the greening of the Northern Hemisphere over the past two decades. Geophys Res Lett
33(23):L13802
Potter C et al (2003) Continental-scale comparisons of terrestrial carbon sinks estimated from
satellite data and ecosystem modeling 1982–1998. Glob Planet Change 39(3–4):201–213
Potter C, Klooster S, Genovese V, Hiatt C, Boriah S, Kumar V, Mithal V, Garg A (2012)
Terrestrial ecosystem carbon fluxes predicted from MODIS satellite data and large-scale
disturbance modeling. Int J Geosci. doi:10.4236/ijg.2012
Potter CS (1999) Terrestrial biomass and the effects of deforestation on the global carbon cycle—
results from a model of primary production using satellite observations. Bioscience
49(10):769–778
Potter CS et al (1998) Regional application of an ecosystem production model for studies of
biogeochemistry in Brazilian Amazonia. Glob Change Biol 4(3):315–333
146
X. Xiao et al.