Interannual growth dynamics of vegetation in the Kuparuk River watershed, Alaska based on the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 3413-3425

  Hope, A S ^a   Boynton, W L ^a   Stow, D A ^a   Douglas, D C ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; RIVERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

GROWTH DYNAMICS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALASKA; KUPARUK RIVER BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042766869     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116021000021170     Document Type: Article

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