Global vegetation cover changes from coarse resolution satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D3, 1996, Pages 7157-7162

  Nemani, Ramakrishna R ^a   Running, Steven W ^a   Pielke, Roger A ^b   Chase, Thomas N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GCM; GLOBAL VEGETATION COVER; LAND COVER CHANGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; RADIOMETRIC SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 0029751617     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JD02138     Document Type: Article

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