Temporal responses of NDVI to precipitation and temperature in the central Great Plains, USA

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2345-2364

  Wang, J ^a   Rich, P M ^a,b   Price, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; INTERPOLATION; VEGETATION; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AVHRR; CORRELATION; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

GREAT PLAINS; KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038782803     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160210154812     Document Type: Article

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