Browning of the landscape of interior Alaska based on 1986-2009 Landsat sensor NDVI

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1371-1382

  Baird, Rebecca A ^a   Verbyla, David ^a   Hollingsworth, Teresa N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SPRUCE; CLIMATIC REGIMES; FLOOD PLAINS; LANDSAT SENSORS; LANDSCAPE TYPE; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PATCH SIZE; PICEA MARIANA; POPULUS; SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; SPATIAL SCALE;

LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SENSORS;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS TREE; FLOODPLAIN; LANDSAT; LANDSCAPE; NDVI; PATCH SIZE; SATELLITE DATA; TIME SERIES; WETLAND;

ALASKA; FORESTRY; RIVERS; SENSORS;

ALASKA; TANANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864813888     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-088     Document Type: Article

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