Characterising the spatial pattern of phenology for the tropical vegetation of India using multi-temporal MERIS chlorophyll data

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1125-1141

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Fourier; India; MERIS; Phenology; Remote sensing; Tropical vegetation

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DATA SET; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GROWTH RATE; HOMOGENEITY; LAND COVER; MERIS; PHENOLOGY; PIXEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SENESCENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION TYPE;

INDIA;

EID: 77954428060     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9490-1     Document Type: Article

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