Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie

Satellites show highest productivity in the Northamerican Corn Belt

17. April 2014

The US Corn Belt shows the highest photosynthetic activity of cropland and grassland ecosystems than any other region of the Earth.

The US Corn Belt shows the highest photosynthetic activity of cropland and grassland ecosystems than any other region of the Earth.

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Original Publication

Guanter, L.; Zhang, Y.; Jung, M.; Joiner, J.; Voigt, M.; Berry, J. A.; Frankenberg, C.; Huete, A. R.; Zarco-Tejada, P.; Lee, J.-E. et al.; Moran, M. S.; Ponce-Campos, G.; Beer, C.; Camps-Valls, G.; Buchmann, N.; Gianelle, D.; Klumpp, K.; Cescatti, A.; Baker, J. M.; Griffis, T. J.: Global and time-resolved monitoring of crop photosynthesis with chlorophyll fluorescence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (14), S. E1327 - E1333 (2014)

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