An assessment of AVHRR/NDVI-ecoclimatological relations in Nebraska, U.S.A.

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2161-2180

  Yang, W ^a   Yang, L ^a   Merchant, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

RADIOMETERS;

AVHRR; LAND COVER; NDVI; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

USA, NEBRASKA;

EID: 0031180070     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697217819     Document Type: Article

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