Vegetation greenness impacts on maximum and minimum temperatures in northeast Colorado

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-215

  Hanamean Jr , J R ^a   Pielke Sr , R A ^a,b   Castro, C L ^a   Ojima, D S ^b   Reed, B C ^c   Gao, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URBAN GROWTH; VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT; MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

LATENT HEAT FLUX; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION COVER;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348164833     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482703003013     Document Type: Article

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