An analysis of relationships among climate forcing and time-integrated NDVI of grasslands over the U.S. northern and central Great Plains

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-37

  Yang, Limin ^a   Wylie, Bruce K ^b   Tieszen, Larry L ^c   Reed, Bradley C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SATELLITES;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE FORCING; GRASSLAND; NDVI;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032108709     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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