Topography-mediated controls on local vegetation phenology estimated from MODIS vegetation index

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 541-556

  Hwang, Taehee ^a   Song, Conghe ^b   Vose, James M ^c   Band, Lawrence E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coweeta; MODIS; NDVI; Vegetation phenology

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST CANOPY; MICROCLIMATE; MODIS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 79953078591     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9580-8     Document Type: Article

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