Vegetation index trends for the African Sahel 1982-1999

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Eklundh, Lars ^a   Olsson, Lennart ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DROUGHT; RAIN; SATELLITES; VEGETATION; FORESTRY;

SOLAR ZENITH ANGLES (SZA); CARBON STORAGE; DROUGHT PERIODS; ENERGY EXCHANGES; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; VEGETATION GREENNESS; VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION RECOVERY;

GEOPHYSICS; DIGITAL STORAGE;

AVHRR; COLOR; DROUGHT; NDVI; RAINFALL; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

EID: 0041382842     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016772     Document Type: Article

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