Analysing the forcing mechanisms for net primary productivity changes in the Heihe River Basin, north-west China

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 793-816

  Lu, L ^a   Li, X ^a   Veroustraete, F ^b   Kang, E ^a   Wang, J ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Centre for Remote Sensing and Atmospheric Processes   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FARMS; LAND USE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; WATERSHEDS;

ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS; INLAND RIVER BASIN; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS;

RIVERS;

DESERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; NDVI; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SENSOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 67650671193     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802438530     Document Type: Article

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