Satellite passive microwave detection of North America start of season

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 324-333

  Jones, Matthew O ^a,b   Kimball, John S ^a,b   Jones, Lucas A ^a,b   McDonald, Kyle C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMSR E; LAI; MODIS; NACP; NDVI; Phenology; Start of season; TIMESAT; VOD

Indexed keywords

AMSR-E; LAI; MODIS; NACP; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; START OF SEASON; TIMESAT; VOD;

BIOLOGY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; PHENOLS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; VEGETATION; VIDEO ON DEMAND;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AMSR-E; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE VARIATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MODIS; NDVI; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER EXCHANGE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84860312600     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.03.025     Document Type: Article

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