Use of NOAA-AVHRR NDVI data for environmental monitoring and crop forecasting in the Sahel. Preliminary results

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 1992, Pages 2743-2749

  Maselli, F ^a   Conese, C ^a   Petkov, L ^a   Gilabert, M A ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NDVI DATA PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

DATA PROCESSING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORECASTING; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MONITORING; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPICS;

CROP MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NIGERIAN AGRICULTURE; NOAA AVHRR NDVI DATA; NORMALIZIDE DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

CROPS;

EID: 0027007559     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169208904076     Document Type: Article

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