Temporal and spatial patterns of NDVI and their relationship to precipitation in the loess plateau of China

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1943-1958

  Wang, Tianming ^a   Kou, Xiaojun ^a   Xiong, Youcai ^a   Mou, Pu ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^b   Ge, Jianping ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY; CROP ROTATION SYSTEM; DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS; LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINAS; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL PATTERN;

VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ANNUAL VARIATION; CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; MODIS; NDVI; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; JING RIVER; LOESS PLATEAU;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77951841761     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902929263     Document Type: Article

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