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Compton J. Tucker

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Red and photographic infrared linear combinations for monitoring vegetation

CJ Tucker - Remote sensing of Environment, 1979 - Elsevier
In situ collected spectrometer data were used to evaluate and quantify the relationships
between various linear combinations of red and photographic infrared radiances and …

Using the satellite-derived NDVI to assess ecological responses to environmental change

…, JO Vik, A Mysterud, JM Gaillard, CJ Tucker… - Trends in ecology & …, 2005 - cell.com
Assessing how environmental changes affect the distribution and dynamics of vegetation
and animal populations is becoming increasingly important for terrestrial ecologists to enable …

Climate-driven increases in global terrestrial net primary production from 1982 to 1999

…, H Hashimoto, WM Jolly, SC Piper, CJ Tucker… - science, 2003 - science.org
Recent climatic changes have enhanced plant growth in northern mid-latitudes and high
latitudes. However, a comprehensive analysis of the impact of global climatic changes on …

An extended AVHRR 8‐km NDVI dataset compatible with MODIS and SPOT vegetation NDVI data

CJ Tucker, JE Pinzon, ME Brown… - … journal of remote …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Daily daytime Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) 4‐km global area
coverage data have been processed to produce a Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI…

African land-cover classification using satellite data

CJ Tucker, JRG Townshend, TE Goff - Science, 1985 - science.org
Data from the advanced very-high-resolution radiometer sensor on the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration's operational series of meteorological satellites were used to …

A critical review of remote sensing and other methods for non‐destructive estimation of standing crop biomass

CJ Tucker - Grass and Forage Science, 1980 - Wiley Online Library
Several different techniques for the non‐destructive estimation of pasture or range biomass
are critically reviewed and compared to remote sensing methods. Similarities and …

Increased plant growth in the northern high latitudes from 1981 to 1991

RB Myneni, CD Keeling, CJ Tucker, G Asrar… - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Variations in the amplitude and timing of the seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO 2 have
shown an association with surface air temperature consistent with the hypothesis that warmer …

Higher northern latitude normalized difference vegetation index and growing season trends from 1982 to 1999

CJ Tucker, DA Slayback, JE Pinzon, SO Los… - International journal of …, 2001 - Springer
Normalized difference vegetation index data from the polar-orbiting National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration meteorological satellites from 1982 to 1999 show significant …

Variations in northern vegetation activity inferred from satellite data of vegetation index during 1981 to 1999

L Zhou, CJ Tucker, RK Kaufmann… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… Sahara, because the reflectivity does not change over time [ Tucker et al., 1994]. We analyze
a … Tucker, Effect of orbital drift and sensor changes on the time series of AVHRR vegetation …

Satellite remote sensing of primary production

CJ Tucker, PJ Sellers - International journal of remote sensing, 1986 - Taylor & Francis
Leaf structure and function are shown to result in distinctive variations in the absorption and
reflection of solar radiation from plant canopies. The leaf properties that determine the …