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Chen, LF, Gao, YH, Li, L, Liu, QH, Gu, XF (2008). Forest NPP estimation based on MODIS data under cloudless condition. SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES D-EARTH SCIENCES, 51(3), 331-338.

Abstract
Based on light-use efficiency model, an MODIS-derived daily net primary production (NPP) model was developed. In this model, a new model for the fraction of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by vegetation (FPAR) is developed based on leaf area index (LAI) and albedo parameters, and a photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) is calculated from the combination of Bird's model with aerosol optical thickness and water vapor derived from cloud free MODIS images. These two models are integrated into our predicted NPP model, whose most parameters are retrieved from MODIS data. In order to validate our NPP model, the observed NPP in the Qianyanzhou station and the Changbai Mountains station are used to compare with our predicted NPP, showing that they are in good agreement. The NASA NPP products also have been downloaded and compared with the measurements, which shows that the NASA NPP products underestimated NPP in the Qianyanzhou station but overestimated in the Changbai Mountains station in 2004.

DOI:
10.1007/s11430-008-0013-8

ISSN:
1006-9313

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