Changes in vegetation spring dates in the second half of the twentieth century

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5247-5265

  Sobrino, José A ^a   Julien, Yves ^a   Morales, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FITTING PROCEDURE; GLOBAL INVENTORIES; LOGISTIC FUNCTIONS; MANN-KENDALL TRENDS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX TIME SERIES; REANALYSIS DATABASE;

PIXELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; NDVI; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PIXEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING (SEASON); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 80053097223     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.496470     Document Type: Article

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