Assessing phenological change in China from 1982 to 2006 using AVHRR imagery

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-236

  Wei, Haiyan ^a   Heilman, Philip ^a   Qi, Jiaguo ^b   Nearing, Mark A ^a   Gu, Zhihui ^c   Zhang, Yongguang ^d  

^a SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AVHRR; China; climate change; desertification; phenology; policy; remote sensing; temporal trend

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; DETECTION METHOD; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; MODEL VALIDATION; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; XINJIANG UYGUR; YANGTZE RIVER; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84866161467     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-012-0321-3     Document Type: Article

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