Two decades of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index changes in South America: Identifying the imprint of global change

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2793-2806

  Paruelo, José M ^a,b   Garbulsky, Martín F ^a,b   Guerschman, Juan P ^a,b   Jobbágy, Esteban G ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiologicas y Ecologicas   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR RADIATION; VEGETATION;

CARBON UPTAKE; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; FOREST CANOPY; GLOBAL CHANGE; NDVI; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3242661894     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160310001619526     Document Type: Article

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