Using multiple remote sensing perspectives to identify and attribute land surface dynamics in Central Asia 2001-2013

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 170, Issue , 2015, Pages 48-61

  de Beurs, Kirsten M ^a   Henebry, Geoffrey M ^b   Owsley, Braden C ^a   Sokolik, Irina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Land surface temperature; MODIS; Trends; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BALLOONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFRARED DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CENTRAL ASIA; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MODIS; TRENDS; VEGETATION INDEX;

VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOME; COTTON; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX; WHEAT;

ARAL SEA; CENTRAL ASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; KYRGYZSTAN; TURKMENISTAN; UZBEKISTAN;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84942292232     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.08.018     Document Type: Article

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