Space–time LAI variability in Northern Puglia (Italy) from SPOT VGT data

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Balacco, Gabriella ^a   Figorito, Benedetto ^b   Tarantino, Eufemia ^a   Gioia, Andrea ^a   Iacobellis, Vito ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b ARPA Puglia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leaf area index; SPOT VGT; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RAIN; VEGETATION;

CRITICAL THRESHOLD; LEAF AREA INDEX; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; REDUCED SIMPLE RATIO; SPOT VGT; TIME DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

RAIN; WATER;

BIOMASS; CANOPY; LEAF AREA INDEX; SATELLITE DATA; SPOT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANOPY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ITALY; LAND USE; LEAF AREA; LEAF TURNOVER; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPACE; SPACE TIME VARIABILITY; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; TURNOVER TIME; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WHEAT; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT LEAF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASON; TREE;

ITALY; PUGLIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

BIOMASS; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHY; ITALY; PLANT LEAVES; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONS; TREES; TRITICUM; WATER;

EID: 84931267612     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4603-6     Document Type: Article

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