Higher northern latitude normalized difference vegetation index and growing season trends from 1982 to 1999

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 184-190

  Tucker, Compton J ^a   Slayback, Daniel A ^a   Pinzon, Jorge E ^a   Los, Sietse O ^a   Myneni, Ranga B ^b   Taylor, Malinda G ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Growing season; Northern latitudes; Phenology; Photosynthesis; Time series

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; SEASON; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; SEASONS; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035513550     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-001-0109-8     Document Type: Article

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