Ecosystem classifications based on summer and winter conditions

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 3057-3079

  Andrew, Margaret E ^a   Nelson, Trisalyn A ^b   Wulder, Michael A ^a   Hobart, George W ^a   Coops, Nicholas C ^c   Farmer, Carson J Q ^d  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Classification agreement; Ecological regionalization; Environmental domain classification; Fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fPAR); Map comparison; Snow water equivalent (SWE)

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL REGIONALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; MAP COMPARISON; MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SNOW;

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ECOZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; MODEL TEST; MODIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SEASON;

CANADA;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASONS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876318847     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2773-z     Document Type: Article

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