Exploring spatially variable relationships between NDVI and climatic factors in a transition zone using geographically weighted regression

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 507-519

  Zhao, Zhiqiang ^a,c   Gao, Jiangbo ^b   Wang, Yanglin ^a   Liu, Jianguo ^c   Li, Shuangcheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84939887216     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-014-1188-x     Document Type: Article

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