Spatio-temporal variations in surface characteristics over the North American Monsoon region

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 540-548

  Lizárraga Celaya, Carlos ^a   Watts, Christopher J ^a   Rodríguez, Julio C ^a   Garatuza Payán, Jaime ^b   Scott, Russell L ^c   Sáiz Hernández, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Enhanced Vegetation Index; Land surface temperature; MODIS; NAM; North American Monsoon; Variability

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INDEX METHOD; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 76849099647     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.09.027     Document Type: Article

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