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The fusion of data from different sensors can provide enhanced information and overcome many of the limitations of individual sensors. In thitables study, we estimate annual crop yields for seven important crop types across Montana in the continental USA from 2008\u20132015, including alfalfa, barley, maize, peas, durum wheat, spring wheat and winter wheat. We used a satellite data-driven light use efficiency (LUE) model to estimate gross primary productivity (GPP) over croplands at 30-m spatial resolution and eight-day time steps using a fused NDVI dataset constructed by blending Landsat (5 or 7) and Terra MODIS reflectance data. The fused 30-m NDVI record showed good consistency with the original Landsat and MODIS data, but provides better spatiotemporal delineations of cropland vegetation growth. Crop yields were estimated at 30-m resolution as the product of estimated GPP accumulated over the growing season and a crop-specific harvest index (HIGPP). The resulting GPP estimates capture characteristic cropland productivity patterns and seasonal variations, while the estimated annual crop production results correspond favorably with reported county-level crop production data (r = 0.96, relative RMSE = 37.0%, p &lt; 0.05) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The performance of estimated crop yields at a finer (field) scale was generally lower, but still meaningful (r = 0.42, relative RMSE = 50.8%, p &lt; 0.05). Our methods and results are suitable for operational applications of crop yield monitoring at regional scales, suggesting the potential of using global satellite observations to improve agricultural management, policy decisions and regional\/global food security.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10030372","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,28]],"date-time":"2018-02-28T12:54:12Z","timestamp":1519822452000},"page":"372","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":135,"title":["Regional Crop Gross Primary Productivity and Yield Estimation Using Fused Landsat-MODIS Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Mingzhu","family":"He","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry &amp; Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John","family":"Kimball","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry &amp; Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA"},{"name":"Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, College of Forestry &amp; Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Maneta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geosciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7775-9419","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bruce","family":"Maxwell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Land Resources and Environmental Science, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alvaro","family":"Moreno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry &amp; Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3974-2947","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Santiago","family":"Beguer\u00eda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Estaci\u00f3n Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas (EEAD-CSIC), 50059 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaocui","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"205","DOI":"10.1016\/S0167-8809(02)00021-X","article-title":"Remote sensing of regional crop production in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico: Estimates and uncertainties","volume":"94","author":"Lobell","year":"2003","journal-title":"Agric. 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