On the response of european vegetation phenology to hydroclimatic anomalies

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3143-3169

  Ceccherini, Guido ^a   Gobron, Nadine ^a   Migliavacca, Mirco ^a,b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CORINE Land Cover; Europe; FAPAR; MERIS; Phenology; SeaWiFS; SPI; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BIOLOGY; CARBON; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

CORINE LAND COVER; EUROPE; FAPAR; MERIS; PHENOLOGY; SEAWIFS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84987974685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6043143     Document Type: Article

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