该研究集成足迹气候学模型（footprint climatology）、半边方差分析和视窗分析技术，通过分析卫星遥感影像的空间结构信息，进而发展了一套评价涡度相关通量塔观测数据空间代表性的实用方法，并把该方法应用到加拿大通量 塔观测网的12个主要站点。 

  Baozhang Chen（陈报章）, Nicholas C. Coops, Dongjie Fu, Hank A. Margolis, Brian D. Amiro, Alan G. Barr, T. Andrew Black, M. Altaf Arain, Charles P.-A. Bourque, Lawrence B. Flanagan, Peter M. Lafleur, J. Harry McCaughey, and Steven C. Wofsy (2012), Characterizing spatial representativeness of flux tower eddy-covariance measurements across the Canadian Carbon Program Network using remote sensing and footprint analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment, 124, 742-755 (SCI, 影响因子5.276).