Monitoring start of season in Alaska with GLOBE, AVHRR, and MODIS data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Robin, Jessica ^a,b   Dubayah, Ralph ^a   Sparrow, Elena ^c   Levine, Elissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AVHRR; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWING SEASON; LAND COVER; MODIS; NDVI; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHENOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 50549100541     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000407     Document Type: Article

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