Annual and seasonal variation of NDVI explained by current and previous precipitation across Northern Patagonia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 745-753

  Fabricante, I ^a   Oesterheld, M ^a   Paruelo, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystems; Interannual variability; Primary productivity; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORE; NDVI; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349221765     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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