Inconsistent NDVI trends from AVHRR, MODIS, and SPOT sensors in the Tibetan Plateau

2013 2nd International Conference on Agro-Geoinformatics: Information for Sustainable Agriculture, Agro-Geoinformatics 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 97-101

  Yu, Zhen ^a   Wang, Jingxin ^a   Sun, Pengsen ^b   Liu, Shirong ^b   Liu, Weiguo ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Climate Change; MODIS; NDVI; SPOT; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; MODIS; NDVI; SPOT; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; VAPORS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84888866684     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/Argo-Geoinformatics.2013.6621887     Document Type: Conference Paper

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