Recent trends in vegetation dynamics in the African Sahel and their relationship to climate

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 394-404

  Herrmann, Stefanie M ^a   Anyamba, Assaf ^b   Tucker, Compton J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Desertification; Greening; Remote sensing; Sahel; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERTIFICATION; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 27744606834     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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