An integrative classification of vegetation in China based on NOAA AVHRR and vegetation-climate indices of the Holdridge life zone

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1009-1027

  Pan, Y ^a   Li, X ^a   Gong, P ^b   He, C ^a   Shi, P ^a   Pu, R ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION;

VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

CHINA;

EID: 0037430087     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160110115816     Document Type: Article

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