Real-time vegetation monitoring with NOAA-AVHRR in Southern Africa for wildlife management and food security assessment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 621-639

  Sannier, C A D ^a   Taylor, J C ^a   du Plessis, W ^b   Campbell, K ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Etosha Ecological Institute   (Namibia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; PROBABILITY; RADIOMETERS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY INDICATOR (VPI); WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURE; AVHRR; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; NDVI; NOAA; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION MONITORING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN); NAMIBIA, ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0032030391     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698215892     Document Type: Article

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