Detecting plant seasonality from webcams using Bayesian multiple change point analysis

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 168, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-185

  Henneken, Raimund ^a   Dose, Volker ^b   Schleip, Christoph ^a   Menzel, Annette ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Bayesian statistics; Digital photography; Multiple change point model; Phenology; Webcam

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DETECTION METHOD; DIGITAL IMAGE; GROWING SEASON; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEASONALITY;

BAVARIA; BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK; GERMANY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 84867635949     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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