Global analyses of satellite-derived vegetation index related to climatological wetness and warmth

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 425-438

  Suzuki, Rikie ^a   Xu, Jianqing ^a   Motoya, Ken ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aridity; Dryness index; NDVI; Siberia; Taiga; Warmth index; Wetness index

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS; VEGETATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); DRYNESS INDEX; GLOBAL VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETTION INDEX (NDVI); WARMTH INDEX; WETNESS INDEX;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARIDITY; NDVI; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 33645465008     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1256     Document Type: Article

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