Regional dynamics of forest canopy change and underlying causal processes in the contiguous U.S.

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1035-1053

  Schleeweis, Karen ^a,b   Goward, Samuel N ^b   Huang, Chengquan ^b   Masek, Jeffrey G ^c   Moisen, Gretchen ^a   Kennedy, Robert E ^d,e   Thomas, Nancy E ^b,f  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest disturbance; harvest; Landsat; NAFD; time series

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FIRE; HARVESTING; INSECT; LANDSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SUBURBAN AREA; TIME SERIES;

PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84886710233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20076     Document Type: Article

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