Interannual variations of monthly and seasonal normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) in China from 1982 to 1999

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Piao, Shilong ^a   Fang, Jingyun ^a   Zhou, Liming ^b   Guo, Qinghua ^a   Henderson, Mark ^c   Ji, Wei ^d   Li, Yan ^a   Tao, Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Human activity; NDVI climate relationship; Trends in NDVI

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; LAND USE; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0742270501     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002848     Document Type: Article

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