Relation between interannual variations in satellite measures of northern forest greenness and climate between 1982 and 1999

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Zhou, L ^a,b   Kaufmann, R K ^a   Tian, Y ^a,b   Myneni, R B ^a   Tucker, C J ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Greening; NDVI; Statistical techniques; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST CANOPY; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0043249373     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002510     Document Type: Article

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