Southern Africa's recent droughts from space

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 507-511

  Unganai, L S ^a   Kogan, F N ^b  

^a Drought Monitoring Centre   (Zimbabwe)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; GLOBAL VEGETATION INDEX; NDVI; NOAA-11; NOAA-9; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE CONDITION INDEX; VEGETATION CONDITION INDEX;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

EID: 0031777658     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00888-0     Document Type: Article

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