The relationship between soil moisture and NDVI near Barrow, Alaska

Physical Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-53

  Engstrom, Ryan ^a   Hope, Allen ^b   Kwon, Hyojung ^c   Stow, Douglas ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Microtopography; NDVI; Surface soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NDVI; POLAR REGION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALASKA; BARROW; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50549091446     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.29.1.38     Document Type: Article

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