Synergism between NOAA-AVHRR and Meteosat data for studying vegetation development in semi-arid West Africa

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1349-1368

  Justice, C O ^a   Dugdale, F ^b   Townshend, J R G ^a,b   Narracott, A S ^b   Kumar, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANGELAND MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION MONITORING;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

METEOROLOGY--CLOUDS; RADIOMETERS; RAIN AND RAINFALL; SATELLITES;

AGRHYMET ISOHYET MAPS; METEOSAT; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); SAHELIAN GRASSLAND; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0026359990     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169108929730     Document Type: Article

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