Title :
Constraining a global mechanistic vegetation model with satellite data
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck-Inst. fur Meteorol., Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
A method for the use of satellite data as a check and constraint for global vegetation models is presented. While current AVHRR data allows only some reduction in model uncertainties, application to future instruments appears promising
Keywords :
agriculture; climatology; ecology; forestry; geology; remote sensing; check; climate; climatology; constraint; ecology; forest; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; global mechanistic model; global mechanistic vegetation model; global vegetation model; remote sensing; satellite data; vegetation mapping; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Predictive models; Satellite broadcasting; Sun; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.699643
