Impact of prolonged drought on rainfall use efficiency using MODIS data across China in the early 21st century

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 150, Issue , 2014, Pages 188-197

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Susan Moran, M ^b   Zhao, Xiang ^a   Liu, Suhong ^a   Zhou, Tao ^a   Ponce Campos, Guillermo E ^b,c   Liu, Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST WATERSHED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Legacies; Net primary productivity; Precipitation; Prolonged drought; Rainfall use efficiency; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; NASA; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOMETERS; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

LEGACIES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; RESILIENCE; TERRESTRIAL CARBON CYCLE; USE EFFICIENCY;

DROUGHT;

BIOME; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; MODIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SAVANNA; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN;

CHINA;

EID: 84901988748     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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