The use of MERIS Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index to study spatio-temporal variation in vegetation phenology over India

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1388-1402

  Dash, J ^a   Jeganathan, C ^a   Atkinson, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll index; Growing season; India; Phenology; Satellite data; Time series

Indexed keywords

CANOPY CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; CHLOROPHYLL INDEX; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COLD WEATHER; GROWING SEASON; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LATITUDINAL VARIATION; MIDLATITUDES; NATURAL VEGETATION; REMOTELY SENSED ESTIMATIONS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME-SERIES DATA; VEGETATION PHENOLOGY; VEGETATION TYPE;

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; PORPHYRINS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; TROPICS;

VEGETATION;

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWING SEASON; MERIS; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SENESCENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION COVER;

GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA;

EID: 77951112284     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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