Lag and seasonality considerations in evaluating AVHRR NDVI response to precipitation

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1053-1061

  Ji, Lei ^a   Peters, Albert J ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE INTERACTION; GROWING SEASON; LAG/SEASONALITY EFFECTS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

AVHRR; GRASSLAND; NDVI; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; VEGETATION COVER;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746355236     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.71.9.1053     Document Type: Review

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