Trends in vegetation activity and their climatic correlates: China 1982 to 1998

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5669-5689

  Xiao, Jingfeng ^a   Moody, A ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; SENSOR DATA FUSION; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DATASETS; GREENING PATTERNS; LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI);

SATELLITES;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; LEAF AREA INDEX; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; CLIMATES; CORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANTS; SATELLITES;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 10844293600     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160410001735094     Document Type: Article

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