Remotely sensed trends in the phenology of northern high latitude terrestrial vegetation, controlling for land cover change and vegetation type

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-170

  Jeganathan, C ^a   Dash, J ^b   Atkinson, P M ^b  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End of season; Global warming; NDVI; Northern latitude; Phenology; Remote sensing; Start of season; Terrestrial vegetation

Indexed keywords

END OF SEASON; NDVI; NORTHERN LATITUDES; PHENOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION;

BIOLOGY; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

VEGETATION;

DECIDUOUS TREE; EOS; FOREST COVER; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWING SEASON; LAND COVER; LATITUDE; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SENESCENCE; VEGETATION TYPE;

BIOLOGY; FORESTRY; PHENOLOGY; PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84892860488     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.11.020     Document Type: Article

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