The relationship between precipitation anomalies and satellite-derived vegetation activity in Central Asia

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-87

  Gessner, Ursula ^a   Naeimi, Vahid ^b   Klein, Igor ^b   Kuenzer, Claudia ^a   Klein, Doris ^a   Dech, Stefan ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Land use cover; NDVI; Precipitation anomalies; Remote sensing; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL ASIA; LAND USE/COVER; NDVI; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GROWING SEASON; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NDVI; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CENTRAL ASIA;

EID: 84884819316     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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