A land surface phenology assessment of the northern polar regions using MODIS reflectance time series

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue , 2010, Pages S87-S110

  De Beurs, K M ^a,c   Henebry, G M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOREGIONS; GROWING SEASON; HIGH-LATITUDE REGIONS; LAND AREAS; LAND SURFACE PHENOLOGY; MODIS SENSORS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX DATUM; POLAR REGIONS; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES; POSITIVE CHANGES; RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION; SNOW COVERS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION INDEX;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS; SNOW; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

VEGETATION;

EID: 77956133479     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-021     Document Type: Article

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