Remote sensing based monitoring of interannual variations in vegetation activity in China from 1982 to 2009

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1800-1806

  Li, Fei ^a,b   Zeng, Yuan ^a   Li, XiaoSong ^a   Zhao, QianJun ^a   Wu, BingFang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

AVHRR; China; MODIS; NDVI; vegetation activities

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; CHINA; MODIS; NDVI; VEGETATION ACTIVITY;

VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVHRR; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION COVER;

AGRICULTURE; PLANTS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84904962173     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-014-4883-7     Document Type: Article

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