Trend analysis of MODIS NDVI time series for detecting land degradation and regeneration in Mongolia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 16-28

  Eckert, Sandra ^a   Hüsler, Fabia ^a   Liniger, Hanspeter ^a   Hodel, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Degradation; MODIS; NDVI; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; MODIS; NDVI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

MONGOLIA;

EID: 84907487195     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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