Response of NDVI dynamics to precipitation in the Beijing-Tianjin sandstorm source region

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5331-5350

  Liu, Jinghui ^a   Wu, Jianjun ^a   Wu, Zhitao ^a   Liu, Ming ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); LANDFORMS; RAIN; STORMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CUMULATIVE RAINFALL; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX DATUM; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; TEMPORAL RESPONSE; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

VEGETATION;

AVHRR; DATA SET; DUST STORM; GRASSLAND; GROWTH; NDVI; PIXEL; PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; DA HINGGAN MOUNTAINS; HEBEI; TIANJIN; YAN SHAN;

EID: 84877827695     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.787505     Document Type: Article

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