Interannual variability of vegetation over the Indian sub-continent and its relation to the different meteorological parameters

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 268-280

  Sarkar, Sudipta ^a   Kafatos, Menas ^a  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian sub continent; Interannual variability; Vegetation over

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

MONSOON PRECIPITATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

METEOROLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; MONSOON; NDVI; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION COVER; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1542319863     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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