Land surface phenology along urban to rural gradients in the U.S. Great Plains

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 165, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-52

  Walker, J J ^a   de Beurs, K M ^b   Henebry, G M ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Great plains; Land surface temperature (LSP); MODIS; NDVI; Phenology; Urban heat island (UHI)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS; RURAL AREAS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URBAN GROWTH; VEGETATION;

GREAT PLAINS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODIS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; VEGETATION INDEX;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929317289     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.04.019     Document Type: Article

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