Strong contribution of autumn phenology to changes in satellite-derived growing season length estimates across Europe (1982-2011)

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3457-3470

  Garonna, Irene ^a   de Jong, Rogier ^a   de Wit, Allard J W ^b   Mücher, Caspar A ^b   Schmid, Bernhard ^a   Schaepman, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymmetric trends; GIMMS; Growing season length; Land surface phenology; Spring vs. autumn phenology; Vegetation activity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SEASON; SPACE FLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SEASONS; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 84907901006     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12625     Document Type: Article

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