Increased plant growth in the northern high latitudes from 1981 to 1991

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6626, 1997, Pages 698-702

  Myneni, R B ^a   Keeling, C D ^b   Tucker, C J ^c   Asrar, G ^d   Nemani, R R ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AVHRR; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH; NOAA; TEMPERATURE; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION; VEGETATION GROWTH;

EID: 0030619096     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386698a0     Document Type: Article

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