A challenge in phenology studies is understanding what constitutes phenological change amidst background variation. The majority of phenological studies have focussed on extracting critical points in the seasonal growth cycle, without exploiting the full temporal detail. The high degree of phenological variability between years demonstrates the necessity of distinguishing long term phenological...

s Statistical seasonal climate forecasting in Australia: An historical overview Dr Roger Stone......................................................................................................................................................................................18 The scientific basis of seasonal climate prediction Dr Scott Power.......................................................

In the presented methodology, multitemporal Landsat images were used to develop enhanced information about complex assemblages of vegetation and patterns of seasonal land cover variability, thereby facilitating improved land use and land cover (LULC) classification of urbanized areas among sensitive environments along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. For Landsat-5 and Landsat-7 images acquired for l...