Assessing the impact of extreme climatic events on aspen defoliation using modis imagery

Geocarto International

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-147

  Currit, Nate ^a   St Clairb, Samuel B ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen phenology; Extreme climatic events; Modis; Terrain

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MODIS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; SPRING (SEASON); TERRAIN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 77950985241     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106040903051975     Document Type: Article

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