Mapping Biomes
Recently (2008) the European Space Agency produced GlobCover (ESA GlobCover Project, led by MEDIAS-France), the highest resolution (300m) global land cover map to date. GlobCover uses 21 primary land cover classes and many more sub-classes. Land cover classification (LCC) schemes divide the earth into biomes. Biomes are the simplest way to classify vegetation which can [...]
November 20, 2009
Tags: ecosystem model, R Posted in: Agriculture, Land Cover Maps, ecosystem model 
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Flux Towers: Part II
Flux tower eddy covariance instruments measure CO2 flux between an ecosystem and the atmosphere. Observed CO2 fluxes (also called NEE, Net Ecosystem Exchange) can be correlated with locally measured solar intensity, temperature, humidity etc. With enough data, a detailed picture of the local response of the ecosystem to environmental variables to be built up. Flux [...]
October 12, 2009
Tags: ecosystem model, eddy covariance, Terrestrial Carbon, water stress Posted in: Carbon, Climate, Forests, ecosystem model No Comments
