Uses of satellite data for famine early warning in sub-Saharan Africa

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1405-1421

  Hutchinson, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMINE EARLY WARNING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

AFRICA, (SUB-SAHARA);

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; RAIN AND RAINFALL; SATELLITES;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); AGRHYMET CENTRE; CROP YIELD; FAMINE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; GLOBAL AREA COVERAGE (GAC); LOCAL AREA COVERAGE (LAC);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0026359994     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169108929733     Document Type: Article

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