Spatio-temporal analysis of trends in seasonal vegetation productivity across Uttarakhand, Indian Himalayas, 2000-2014

Applied Geography

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-41

  Mishra, Niti B ^a   Chaudhuri, Gargi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Browning; Greening; Land use land cover; MODIS time series; Seasonal trend analysis; Urbanization; Uttarakhand Himalaya

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND USE; MODIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION COVER;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84910020598     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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