Response of vegetation growth and productivity to spring climate indicators in the conterminous United States derived from satellite remote sensing data fusion

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 194, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-143

  Kim, Youngwook ^a,b   Kimball, J S ^a,b   Didan, K ^c   Henebry, G M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop planting date; Freeze thaw; GPP; Phenology; Spring frost; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CORRELATION; CROP PLANT; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROST; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; RISK FACTOR; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899669459     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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