Climate controls on vegetation phenological patterns in northern mid- and high latitudes inferred from MODIS data

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1133-1145

  Zhang, Xiaoyang ^a   Friedl, Mark A ^a   Schaaf, Crystal B ^a   Strahler, Alan H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land surface temperature; MODIS; Phenology model; Urban heat island; Vegetation phenology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT ISLAND; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 3242667702     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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