The observed impacts ofwind farms on local vegetation growth in Northern China

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Tang, Bijian ^a   Wu, Donghai ^a   Zhao, Xiang ^a,b   Zhou, Tao ^a   Zhao, Wenqian ^a,c   Wei, Hong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES JCGCS   (China)

^c Shaanxi Jinkong Compass Information Service Co LTD   (China)

Author keywords

GPP; Land surface temperature; Land use change; Satellite observations; Vegetation growth; Vegetation index; Wind farm impact

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAND USE; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; WIND POWER;

LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAND-USE CHANGE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; VEGETATION GROWTH; VEGETATION INDEX; WIND FARM;

VEGETATION;

EID: 85017641662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9040332     Document Type: Article

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