NDVI-rainfall relationship in the Semliki watershed of the equatorial Nile

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 13-16, 2009, Pages 711-721

  Kileshye Onema, Jean Marie ^a,b   Taigbenu, Akpofure ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LUBUMBASHI   (Congo)

Author keywords

Correlation; NDVI; Satellite derived rainfall; Semliki watershed

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT CHARACTERISTICS; CENTRAL AFRICA; COMPOSITE IMAGES; CORRELATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; LAG EFFECTS; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; MAXIMUM VALUES; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NDVI; NDVI TIME SERIES; NOAA AVHRR; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX TIME SERIES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SATELLITE DATA; SEMLIKI WATERSHED; STUDY AREAS; SUBCATCHMENTS; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS; TIME STEP;

CATCHMENTS; CORRELATION METHODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

SATELLITES;

AVHRR; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 69349083941     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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