Spatial and temporal variations of vegetation in Qinghai Province based on satellite data

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-84

  Wang, Liwen ^a,b   Wei, Yaxing ^c   Niu, Zheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DEM; MODIS NDVI; Qinghai; Spatial distribution; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249092900     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-008-0073-x     Document Type: Article

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