Assessing phenological change and climatic control of alpine grasslands in the Tibetan Plateau with MODIS time series

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-23

  Wang, Cuizhen ^a   Guo, Huadong ^b   Zhang, Li ^b   Liu, Shuangyu ^b   Qiu, Yubao ^b   Sun, Zhongchang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Climate change; MODIS time series; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POACEAE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; POACEAE; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIBET;

EID: 84919875499     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: 14321254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-014-0817-5     Document Type: Article

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