Impact of deforestation on regional surface temperatures and moisture in the Maya lowlands of Guatemala

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Manoharan, Vani Starry ^a   Welch, Ronald M ^a   Lawton, Robert O ^b  

^a National Space Science and Technology Center   (United States)

^b University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY AND WET; DRY SEASONS; FOREST COVER; GUATEMALA; MESOAMERICA; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; REGIONAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE DATA; SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WET SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

SOIL MOISTURE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; MODIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; NDVI; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

DEFORESTATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DROUGHT; GROUND WATER; MOISTURE; PLANTS; SOIL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MAYA LOWLANDS;

EID: 72049103926     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040818     Document Type: Article

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