Response of terrestrial ecosystems to recent Northern Hemispheric drought

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Lotsch, Alexander ^a   Friedl, Mark A ^b   Anderson, Bruce T ^b   Tucker, Compton J ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DROUGHT; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERIC DROUGHT; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DROUGHT; NDVI; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 20044389712     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022043     Document Type: Article

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