Reconciling the discrepancy in ground- and satellite-observed trends in the spring phenology of winter wheat in China from 1993 to 2008

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1027-1042

  Guo, Li ^a,b   An, Ning ^a,b   Wang, Kaicun ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROMETEOROLOGY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD SECURITY; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPRING (SEASON); TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX; WHEAT;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM SP.;

EID: 84959242988     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023969     Document Type: Article

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