Recent trends in agricultural production of Africa based on AVHRR NDVI time series

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7104, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Vrieling, Anton ^a   De Beurs, Kirsten M ^b   Brown, Molly E ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; AVHRR; NDVI; Phenology; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ATLANTIC COASTS; AVHRR; CLOUD COVERS; EXTRACTION METHODS; FOOD SECURITIES; NATIONAL LEVELS; NDVI; NDVI DATUMS; PHENOLOGY; RECENT TRENDS; REMOTE SENSING DATUMS; REMOVE NOISES; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; YIELD TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 57649123396     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.799824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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