Characteristics of seasonal vegetation cover in the conterminous USA
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Abstract
A data set of the fractional green vegetation cover (FGREEN) for the Conterminous USA was evaluated for regional and seasonal variation. The value of FGREEN was derived monthly for the three most dominant land cover classes per 20 km by 20 km grid cell within the study area. At this grid cell resolution (comprised of 400 1-km pixels), 97 percent of the grid cells included three or fewer land cover classes. FGREEN was found to vary regionally due to local land cover and climate variations. FGREEN was found significantly different between one or more of the land cover classes, for one or more months, in 58 percent of the grid cells included in the study. Monthly FGREEN values for the land cover classes vary sufficiently between the land cover classes to warrant monthly FGREEN data for each of the one to three most dominant land cover classes per grid cell.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Characteristics of seasonal vegetation cover in the conterminous USA |
| Series title | Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing |
| DOI | 10.14358/PERS.71.8.959 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Year Published | 2005 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 959 |
| Last page | 966 |
| Country | United States |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |