A statistical study of NDVI sensitivity to seasonal and interannual rainfall variations in Southern Africa

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2907-2920

  Richard, Y ^a   Poccard, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

VEGETATION;

NDVI; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

EID: 0032193987     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698214343     Document Type: Article

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