Land surface phenology of North American mountain environments using moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1220-1233

  Hudson Dunn, Allisyn ^a   de Beurs, Kirsten M ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Land surface phenology; MODIS; NDII; NDVI; Start of season

Indexed keywords

LAND SURFACE PHENOLOGY; MODIS; NDII; NDVI; START OF SEASON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUN; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

FORESTRY;

BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND SURFACE; LIFE CYCLE; MODIS; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SATELLITE DATA; TERRAIN; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 79952069190     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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