Circumpolar vegetation dynamics product for global change study

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-26

  Gonsamo, Alemu ^a   Chen, Jing M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circumpolar; Phenology index; Sea ice; Teleconnection index; Vegetation productivity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; ICE; SEA ICE; SNOW;

CIRCUMPOLAR; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PHENOLOGY INDEX; TELECONNECTION INDICES; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY;

VEGETATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CHANGE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; NDVI; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEA ICE; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPOT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84966708311     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.04.022     Document Type: Article

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