Shrub cover on the North Slope of Alaska: A circa 2000 baseline map

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-363

  Beck, Pieter ^a   Horning, Ned ^b   Goetz, Scott ^a   Loranty, Michael ^a   Tape, Ken ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOME; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IKONOS; LANDSAT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUB; SLOPE; SURFACE AREA; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052246146     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.3.355     Document Type: Article

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