Remote assessment of forest health in southern Arizona, USA: Evidence for ozone-induced foliar injury

Environmental Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 373-384

  Diem, Jeremy E ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foliar injury; Landsat MSS; Ozone; Ponderosa pine; Southwestern United States; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; OZONE; THERMAL PLUMES; VEGETATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

VEGETATION INDEX (VI);

FORESTRY;

OZONE; WATER;

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FOREST CANOPY; INJURY; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION INDEX;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; LEAF LITTER; MOISTURE; PINE; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; SEASON; TREE;

UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARIZONA; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; TREES; WATER;

EID: 0036516918     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-001-0011-5     Document Type: Article

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