Spatial patterns and temporal dynamics in savanna vegetation phenology across the north australian tropical transect

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 139, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-115

  Ma, Xuanlong ^a,b,c   Huete, Alfredo ^b   Yu, Qiang ^b   Coupe, Natalia Restrepo ^b   Davies, Kevin ^b   Broich, Mark ^b   Ratana, Piyachat ^b   Beringer, Jason ^d   Hutley, Lindsay B ^e   Cleverly, James ^b   Boulain, Nicolas ^b   Eamus, Derek ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eddy covariance; EVI; MODIS; NATT; Phenology; Savannas

Indexed keywords

EDDY COVARIANCE; EVI; MODIS; NATT; PHENOLOGY; SAVANNAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

BIOLOGY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EDDY COVARIANCE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MODIS; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SAVANNA; SHRUBLAND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION INDEX;

AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; PLANTS; RADIOMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84882961381     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.07.030     Document Type: Article

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