Evaluating and quantifying the climate-driven interannual variability in global inventory modeling and mapping studies (GIMMS) normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI3g) at global scales

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3918-3950

  Zeng, Fan Wei ^a   James Collatz, G ^a   Pinzon, Jorge E ^a   Ivanoff, Alvaro ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate driven interannual variability; GIMMS NDVI3g; Interference

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; GIMMS NDVI3G; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; POTENTIAL INTERFERENCES; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; STEPWISE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE CORRELATION;

AEROSOLS; CORRELATION METHODS; DIGITAL STORAGE; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

VEGETATION;

EID: 84884775910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5083918     Document Type: Article

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