Spatial patterns of the NDVI-rainfall relationship at the seasonal and interannual time scales in an African savanna

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 5185-5200

  Chamaille Jammes, S ^a,b   Fritz, H ^a   Murindagomo, F ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c ZIMBABWE PARKS AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

LONG-TERM MONTHLY MEANS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

REMOTE SENSING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; AVHRR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; HWANGE NATIONAL PARK; MATABELELAND NORTH; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 34249002176     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600702392     Document Type: Article

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