Distinguishing land change from natural variability and uncertainty in central Mexico with MODIS EVI, TRMM precipitation, and MODIS LST data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Christman, Zachary ^a   Rogan, John ^b   Eastman, J Ronald ^b   Turner, B L ^c  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EVI; Land Use and Land Cover Change; LST; MODIS; Precipitation; Temperature; TRMM; Variability; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; MODIS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; TRMM; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; VARIABILITY;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 84974815469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8060478     Document Type: Article

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