Coverage extraction and up-scaling of sparse desert vegetation in arid area

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2925-2934

  Jiapaer, Guli ^a,b   Xi, Chen ^a   An ming, B A O ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Arid area; Coverage; Sparse desert vegetation; Up scaling

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA ACQUISITION; DESERT; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; TELECOMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 76749146160     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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