Mapping regions of high temporal variability in Africa

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 36, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Colditz, René R ^a,b   Conrad, Christopher ^a,b   Schmidt, Martin ^b   Schramm, Matthias ^b   Schmidt, Michael ^a,b   Dech, Stefan ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; AVHRR Pathfinder; Global Change; Harmonic Analysis; Land Characterization; Temporal Variability

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PIXELS; SPACE OPTICS; TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

AFRICA; AVHRR PATHFINDER; DISTRIBUTED MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; LONG TERM OBSERVATIONS; SPACEBORNE REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 47249100984     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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