Spatial and temporal changes in vegetation phenology at middle and high latitudes of the northern hemisphere over the past three decades

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 10973-10995

  Zhao, Jianjun ^a   Zhang, Hongyan ^a   Zhang, Zhengxiang ^a   Guo, Xiaoyi ^a   Li, Xuedong ^a   Chen, Chun ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GIMMS NDVI3g; Long time series; Mid and high latitude; Northern Hemisphere; Vegetation phenology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

GIMMS NDVI3G; HIGH LATITUDES; LONG TIME SERIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; VEGETATION PHENOLOGY;

VEGETATION;

EID: 84971472779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70810973     Document Type: Article

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