Modeling and understanding the relationship between vegetation and rainfall of a tropical watershed using remote sensing data and GIS

Journal of Spatial Hydrology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 47-61

  Chaoka, Ron T ^a   Alemaw, Berhanu F ^a   Tsige, Demeke M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b Stewart Scott Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Calibration; Modelling; NDVI; Rainfall; Verification

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NDVI; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; RUFIJI BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 49249134400     PISSN: 15304736     EISSN: 15500896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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