Assessing onset and length of greening period in six vegetation types in Oaxaca, Mexico, using NDVI-precipitation relationships

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 511-520

  Gomez Mendoza L ^a   Galicia, L ^a   Cuevas Fernandez M L ^a   Magana V ^a   Gomez G ^a   Palacio Prieto, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Climate variability; NDVI; Phenology; Temperate forest; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEXICO; PLANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASON; TREE;

CLIMATE; MEXICO; PLANTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; SEASONS; TREES;

EID: 45849134091     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-008-0147-6     Document Type: Article

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