An investigation of sand-dust storm events and land surface characteristics in China using NOAA NDVI data

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 52, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 182-196

  Xu, Xingkui ^a   Levy, Jason K ^b   Zhaohui, Lin ^a   Hong, Chen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

land surface; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; remote sensing; sand dust events; sand dust storm

Indexed keywords

DUST STORM; LAND SURFACE; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; RAINFALL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33744974495     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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