Linear trends in seasonal vegetation time series and the modifiable temporal unit problem

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-77

  De Jong, R ^a,b   De Bruin, S ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ISRIC WORLD SOIL INFORMATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; LINEARITY; MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84863714383     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-71-2012     Document Type: Article

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