Monitoring vegetation dynamics by coupling linear trend analysis with change vector analysis: A case study in the xilingol steppe in Northern China

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 287-308

  Zhao, Yuanyuan ^a   He, Chunyang ^a   Zhang, Qiaofeng ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHANGE VECTOR ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND DEGRADATION; GRASSLAND VEGETATION; KAPPA COEFFICIENT; LANDSAT IMAGES; LINEAR TREND ANALYSIS; OVERALL ACCURACIES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

VEGETATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COUPLING; DIGITAL IMAGE; GRASSLAND; LANDSAT; MONITORING SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEPPE; TREND ANALYSIS; VECTOR; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA;

EID: 82155179274     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.594102     Document Type: Article

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