Interannual persistence effects in vegetation dynamics of semi-arid Africa

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Martiny, Nadege ^a   Richard, Y ^a   Camberlin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); INTERANNUAL PERSISTENCE EFFECTS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); VEGETATION ACTIVITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; AVHRR; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING;

AFRICA;

EID: 32644442730     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024634     Document Type: Article

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