Dynamic response of satellite-derived vegetation growth to climate change in the three north shelter forest region in China

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 9998-10016

  He, Bin ^a,b   Chen, Aifang ^a   Wang, Honglin ^a   Wang, Qianfeng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Joint Center for Global Change Studies ^*  (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Ecological restoration programs; NDVI; Vegetation growth

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; RESTORATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; NDVI; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION GROWTH;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CHINA; CLIMATES; ECOLOGY; GROWTH; PLANTS;

EID: 84939444441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70809998     Document Type: Article

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