Mapping and Modeling the Biogeochemical Cycling of Turf Grasses in the United States
@article{Milesi2005MappingAM, title={Mapping and Modeling the Biogeochemical Cycling of Turf Grasses in the United States}, author={Cristina Milesi and Steven W. Running and Christopher D. Elvidge and John B. Dietz and Benjamin T. Tuttle and Ramakrishna R. Nemani}, journal={Environmental Management}, year={2005}, volume={36}, pages={426-438} }
Turf grasses are ubiquitous in the urban landscape of the United States and are often associated with various types of environmental impacts, especially on water resources, yet there have been limited efforts to quantify their total surface and ecosystem functioning, such as their total impact on the continental water budget and potential net ecosystem exchange (NEE). In this study, relating turf grass area to an estimate of fractional impervious surface area, it was calculated that potentially…
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