NDVI and vegetation phenology dynamics under the influence of sunshine duration on the Tibetan plateau

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 687-698

  Wang, Hongshuo ^a,b   Liu, Desheng ^a,c   Lin, Hui ^b   Montenegro, Alvaro ^a,d   Zhu, Xiaolin ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Empirical orthogonal function; NDVI; Sunshine duration; Tibetan Plateau; Vegetation phenology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TIME SERIES;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; NDVI; SUNSHINE DURATION; TIBETAN PLATEAU; VEGETATION PHENOLOGY;

VEGETATION;

FORESTS; PHENOLOGY; PLANTS; PRECIPITATION;

EID: 84926142521     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4013     Document Type: Article

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