Comparison of medium spatial resolution ENVISAT-MERIS and terra-MODIS time series for vegetation decline analysis: A case study in central Asia

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 5238-5256

  Tüshaus, Julia ^a   Dubovyk, Olena ^a   Khamzina, Asia ^b   Menz, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Irrigated cropland; Mann kendall; Time series analysis; Uzbekistan; Vegetation indices; Vegetation productivity

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS; VEGETATION;

IRRIGATED CROPLAND; MANN-KENDALL; UZBEKISTAN; VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84923632001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6065238     Document Type: Article

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