Exploring the influence of ENSO on African vegetation variability using multidimensional map algebra

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 352-376

  Mennis, Jeremy ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; IMAGERY; LAND COVER; MAP; NDVI; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 33751327276     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1548-1603.43.4.352     Document Type: Article

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