Characteristics of seasonal vegetation cover in the conterminous USA

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 959-966

  Gallo, Kevin ^a,b   Reed, Brad ^b   Owen, Timothy ^c   Adegoke, Jimmy ^d  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FRACTIONAL GREEN VEGETATION COVER (FGREEN); GRID CELL RESOLUTION; LAND COVER CLASSES; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DATA SET; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION MAPPING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746348935     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.71.8.959     Document Type: Review

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