Satellite-observed vegetation as an indicator of climate variability over southern Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 34-38

  Jury, M R ^a   Weeks, S ^a   Gondwe, M P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

EID: 0030616475     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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