Analysis of relationships between NDVI and climatic/hydrological parameters in the Yellow River basin

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 42, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 166-183

  Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Li, Chunhui ^a   Huang, Gordon H ^b   Cai, Yanpeng ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

NDVI; Normalised difference vegetation index; Precipitation; Run off; The Yellow River basin; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATIC FACTORS; KEY FACTORS; NDVI; NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PEAK VALUES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; VEGETATION COVER; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NDVI; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; HYDROLOGY; RIVER; STREAM (RIVER); VEGETATION;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 77955884108     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2010.034233     Document Type: Article

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