Greening of arctic Alaska, 1981-2001

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Jia, Gensuo J ^a   Epstein, Howard E ^a   Walker, Donald A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WEATHER SATELLITES; LANDFORMS;

BIOCLIMATE SUBZONES; LONG-TERM TREND; NORTHERN ALASKA; NORTHERN LATITUDES; PLANT BIOMASS; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPORAL CHANGE; VEGETATION GREENNESS; VEGETATION TYPE;

CLIMATOLOGY; VEGETATION;

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOR; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1242300102     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018268     Document Type: Article

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