Intercomparison of satellite sensor land surface phenology and ground phenology in Europe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2253-2260

  Rodriguez Galiano, V F ^a   Dash, J ^a   Atkinson, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; ground phenology; land surface phenology; MERIS; MTCI; nonparametric modeling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES;

EUROPE; GROUND PHENOLOGY; LAND SURFACE PHENOLOGY; MERIS; MTCI; NON-PARAMETRIC MODEL;

BIOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; CORRELATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; LAND SURFACE; PHENOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TIME SERIES;

EUROPE;

BETULA PENDULA; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84928704129     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063586     Document Type: Article

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