Assimilation of SPOT/VEGETATION NDVI data into a sahelian vegetation dynamics model

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1381-1394

  Jarlan, L ^a,b   Mangiarotti, S ^a,b   Mougin, E ^a   Mazzega, P ^a   Hiernaux, P ^a   Le Dantec, V ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Evolution strategies; NDVI; Sahel; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; EVOLUTION STRATEGIES; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SAHEL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS MODEL;

VEGETATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CORRELATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HERB; NDVI; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPOT; STOCHASTICITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; GOURMA-RHAROUS; MALI; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TOMBOUCTOU; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 40649097984     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.02.041     Document Type: Article

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