Estimation of surface albedo increase during the eighties Sahel drought from Meteosat observations

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 139-145

  Govaerts, Y ^a   Lattanzio, A ^b  

^a EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^b Makalumedia   (Germany)

Author keywords

Essential Climate Variable; Sahel drought; satellite observations; surface albedo

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; METEOSAT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 57049095844     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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