Assessing land cover performance in Senegal, West Africa using 1-km integrated NDVI and local variance analysis

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 481-498

  Budde, M E ^a   Tappan, G ^a   Rowland, J ^a   Lewis, J ^b   Tieszen, L L ^c  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Land degradation; Natural resource management; NDVI; Remote sensing; Sahel; Senegal; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; LAND COVER; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 4344614616     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.03.020     Document Type: Article

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