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We firstly present a version of BIOME-BGC coupled with the radiative transfer models PROSPECT and SAILH (named PROSAILH-BGC) with the aims of i) improving the BIOME-BGC description of the radiative transfer regime within the canopy and ii) allowing the assimilation of remotely-sensed vegetation index time series, such as MODIS NDVI, into the model. Secondly, we present a two-step model inversion for optimization of model parameters. In the first step, some key ecophysiological parameters were optimized against data collected by an eddy covariance flux tower. In the second step, important information about phenological dates and about standing biomass were optimized against MODIS NDVI. Results obtained showed that the PROSAILH-BGC allowed simulation of MODIS NDVI with good accuracy and that we described better the canopy radiation regime. The inverse modeling approach was demonstrated to be useful for the optimization of ecophysiological model parameters, phenological dates and parameters related to the standing biomass, allowing good accuracy of daily and annual GPP predictions. In summary, this study showed that assimilation of eddy covariance and remote sensing data in a process model may provide important information for modeling gross primary production at regional scale.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s90200922","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,2,13]],"date-time":"2009-02-13T12:08:30Z","timestamp":1234526910000},"page":"922-942","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":44,"title":["Modeling Gross Primary Production of Agro-Forestry Ecosystems by Assimilation of Satellite-Derived Information in a Process-Based Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Mirco","family":"Migliavacca","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Lab., DISAT, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michele","family":"Meroni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute on Atmospheric Pollution (IIA), National Research Council (CNR), Roma, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lorenzo","family":"Busetto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Lab., DISAT, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy"},{"name":"Institute on Atmospheric Pollution (IIA), National Research Council (CNR), Roma, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Roberto","family":"Colombo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Lab., DISAT, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Terenzio","family":"Zenone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Forest Science and Environment, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy"},{"name":"European Commission, DG-JRC, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Climate Change Unit, Ispra (VA), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giorgio","family":"Matteucci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"European Commission, DG-JRC, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Climate Change Unit, Ispra (VA), Italy"},{"name":"Institute for Mediterranean Agricultural and Forest Systems, National Research Council, Rende (CS), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Giovanni","family":"Manca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"European Commission, DG-JRC, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Climate Change Unit, Ispra (VA), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Guenther","family":"Seufert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"European Commission, DG-JRC, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Climate Change Unit, Ispra (VA), Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,2,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2159","DOI":"10.1175\/1520-0469(1991)048<2159:STITSH>2.0.CO;2","article-title":"Storm tracks in the southern-hemisphere","volume":"48","author":"Trenberth","year":"1991","journal-title":"J. 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