Detecting ecosystem performance anomalies for land management in the upper colorado river basin using satellite observations, climate data, and ecosystem models

Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1880-1891

  Gu, Yingxin ^a   Wylie, Bruce K ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate data; Ecosystem models; Ecosystem performance; Ecosystem performance anomalies; Land management; MODIS NDVI; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE DATA; ECOSYSTEM MODELS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MODIS NDVI; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 80051866145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs2081880     Document Type: Article

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