Disturbance, management, and landscape dynamics: Harmonic regression of vegetation indices in the lower Okavango Delta, Botswana

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 753-764

  Neuenschwander, Amy L ^a   Crews, Kelley A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BOTNET; HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; HARMONIC REGRESSION; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; LONG TERM OSCILLATIONS; OKAVANGO DELTA , BOTSWANA; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGERY;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE; FLOODING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION INDEX;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 44849085355     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.74.6.753     Document Type: Article

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