Impacts of climate warming on vegetation in Qaidam area from 1990 to 2003

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 403-417

  Zeng, Biao ^a   Yang, Tai Bao ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amelioration; Degradation; Land cover change; NDVI; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AMELIORATION; DEGRADATION; LAND-COVER CHANGE; NDVI; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRELATION; DETECTION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE CHANGE; NDVI; REMEDIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAND USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREND STUDY; VEGETATION;

CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; PLANTS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEASONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 51649120926     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0003-x     Document Type: Article

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