Monitoring the impact of aerosol contamination on the drought-induced decline of gross primary productivity

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-40

  Zhang, Yao ^a,d   Li, Weizhong ^a   Zhu, Qiuan ^a   Chen, Huai ^b   Fang, Xiuqin ^a   Zhang, Tinglong ^a   Zhao, Pengxiang ^a   Peng, Changhui ^a,c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Atmospheric contamination; Cloud; Fire disturbance; Quality flag; Vegetation response

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL FORMATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLOUD; DROUGHT; FIRE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84963791927     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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