Remote sensing of the seasonal variability of vegetation in a semi-arid environment

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-59

  Schmidt, Heike ^a   Karnieli, Arnon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biogenic crusts; NDVI; Negev Desert; Phenology; Satellite data analysis; Semi arid vegetation

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

ITALY; NEGEV DESERT;

EID: 0033851487     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1999.0607     Document Type: Article

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