Assessing Vegetation Response to Multi-Scalar Drought across the Mojave, Sonoran, Chihuahuan Deserts and Apache Highlands in the Southwest United States

Understanding the patterns and relationships between vegetation productivity and climatic conditions is essential for predicting the future impacts of climate change. Climate change is altering precipitation patterns and increasing temperatures in the Southwest United States. The large-scale and lon...

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Published in:	Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 13; no. 6; p. 1103
Main Authors:	Khatri-Chhetri, Pratima, Hendryx, Sean M., Hartfield, Kyle A., Crimmins, Michael A., Leeuwen, Willem J. D. van, Kane, Van R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Basel MDPI AG 14.03.2021
Subjects:	Climate change Climatic conditions Correlation Deserts Drought Environmental impact Evapotranspiration Forest productivity forests Grasslands Highlands Impact prediction Long-term effects normalized difference vegetation index Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Normalized difference vegetative index Precipitation Productivity Remote sensing Resource management Seasons semi-arid regions shrublands Southwest United States Spectroradiometers Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) Summer Time series Trends Vegetation Vegetation index vegetation productivity Vegetation type Water availability Wind Winter Mojave Desert Sonoran Desert Chihuahuan Desert Great Plains United States > US
ISSN:	2072-4292, 2072-4292
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