Spatio-temporal patterns in vegetation start of season across the island of Ireland using the MERIS Global Vegetation Index

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-94

  O'Connor, Brian ^a   Dwyer, Edward ^a   Cawkwell, Fiona ^a   Eklundh, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CORINE; Ireland; Landcover; MERIS Global Vegetation Index (MGVI); Start of season (SOS); Vegetation seasonality

Indexed keywords

CORINE; GLOBAL VEGETATION INDEX; IRELAND; LAND COVER; START OF SEASON (SOS);

CULTIVATION; CURVE FITTING; PEAT; PHENOLS; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; GROWING SEASON; LAND COVER; MERIS; PEATLAND; PHENOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE;

IRELAND;

EID: 84856774005     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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