NDVI fluctuations from 1995 to 2006 in South Italy and North Africa: A search for a climate change indicator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6359, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Parmiggiani, Flavio ^a   Quarta, Gianvito ^a   Marra, Gian Paolo ^a   Conte, Dario ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

NDVI; NDVI fluctuations; Vegetation anomaly analysis; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MAPS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

NDVI FLUCTUATIONS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); VEGETATION ANOMALY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX DATA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 33845626599     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.690955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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