Response of vegetation in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to global warming

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-159

  Xu, Weixin ^a,b,c   Liu, Xiaodong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Qinghai Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Global warming; NDVI; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; REOF; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANOMALY; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; NDVI; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SHRUBLAND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HENGDUAN MOUNTAINS; HIMALAYAS; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 34347245592     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-007-0151-5     Document Type: Article

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