Investigating spatial variation in the relationships between NDVI and environmental factors at multi-scales: A case study of Guizhou Karst Plateau, China

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2112-2129

  Gao, Jiangbo ^a   Li, Shuangcheng ^a   Zhao, Zhiqiang ^a   Cai, Yunlong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SPATIALLY NON STATIONARIES;

SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

AUTOCORRELATION; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84863295556     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.605811     Document Type: Article

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