A new concept for simulation of vegetated land surface dynamics-Part 1: The event driven phenology model

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-159

  Kovalskyy, V ^a   Henebry, G M ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; LAND SURFACE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAIZE; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; SOYBEAN;

BONDVILLE; ILLINOIS; MEAD; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856365041     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-141-2012     Document Type: Article

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