Modelling vegetation greenness responses to climate variability in a Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystem

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 147-159

  Diodato, Nazzareno ^a   Bellocchi, Gianni ^b  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^b Azienda Agraria Abbadia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Modelling; Rainfall occurrence; Satellite data; Vegetation greenness

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; RAIN; SATELLITES;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; AIR TEMPERATURE (T); BUSINESS MEDIA; CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATE PATTERNS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; NDVI DATA; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); SPRINGER (CO); TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

VEGETATION;

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; MODELING; NDVI; RAINFALL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; ITALY; LAND BIOME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 47349093481     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9964-z     Document Type: Article

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