Evaluating the consistency of the 1982-1999 NDVI trends in the Iberian Peninsula across four time-series derived from the AVHRR sensor: LTDR, GIMMS, FASIR, and PAL-II

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1291-1314

  Alcaraz Segura, Domingo ^a,b   Liras, Elisa ^a   Tabik, Siham ^c   Paruelo, José ^b   Cabello, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon gains; Iberian peninsula; Partial mantel test; Portugal; Seasonal mann kendall trend test; Spain; Spatial statistics; Temporal trends analysis

Indexed keywords

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MANN-KENDALL TRENDS; MANTEL TESTS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; SPATIAL STATISTICS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; SENSORS; VEGETATION;

DATA PROCESSING;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INSTRUMENTATION; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; TELECOMMUNICATION;

CARBON; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PORTUGAL; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SPAIN;

EID: 77950290124     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100201291     Document Type: Article

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