Enrichment of land-cover polygons with eco-climatic information derived from MODIS NDVI imagery

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 639-650

  Maselli, Fabio ^a,b   Di Gregorio, Antonio ^c   Capecchi, Valerio ^b   Breda, Federico ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d Istituto Agronomico Per l'Oltremare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Codification; East Africa; Eco climatic information; Land cover classification; LCCS; MODIS; NDVI; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; IMAGERY; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; MODIS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 62149094277     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01981.x     Document Type: Article

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