On the sources of vegetation activity variation, and their relation with water balance in mexico

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1843-1871

  Mora, F ^a   Iverson, L R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRODUCTIVITY; RADAR IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NATURAL LANDSCAPE SURFACE PROCESSES; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER BALANCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

GIS; LANDSCAPE SURFACE PROCESSES; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONALITY; VEGETATION; WATER BALANCE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032503861     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698215027     Document Type: Article

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