Characteristics and causes of vegetation variation in the source regions of the Yellow River, China

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1529-1542

  Liang, Sihai ^a   Ge, Shemin ^b   Wan, Li ^a   Xu, Dewei ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; SURFACE WATERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; GRASSLAND RESTORATIONS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PRECIPITATION RATES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVERAGE; VEGETATION DEGRADATION; YELLOW RIVER , CHINA;

VEGETATION;

ALTITUDE; DEGRADATION; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NDVI; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84863403168     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.582187     Document Type: Article

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