Multiresolution quantification of deciduousness in West-Central African forests

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6957-6967

  Viennois, G ^a   Barbier, N ^b   Fabre, I ^c   Couteron, P ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Institut Agronomique Néo Calédonien   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CANOPY REFLECTANCE; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; GEOEYE-1; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; PIXEL; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY; SPOT; TROPICAL FOREST; TYPOLOGY;

AFRICA; AMAZONIA;

EID: 84887283321     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-6957-2013     Document Type: Article

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