Forecasting the vegetation photosynthetic activity over the Sahel: A model output Statistics approach

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1463-1477

  Philippon, N ^a   Martiny, N ^b   Camberlin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Hindcasts; Model output statistics; Normalised difference vegetation index; Sahel

Indexed keywords

850-HPA; AFRICAN EASTERLY JET; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CANONICAL COEFFICIENTS; CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUPLED MODE; CROSS VALIDATION; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; HINDCASTS; LEADTIME; LEAVE-ONE-OUT; MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS; MOISTURE FLUXES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVITY; PREVIOUS YEAR; SAHEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SST ANOMALIES; STATISTICAL MODELS; WEST AFRICAN MONSOON; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MOISTURE; PIXELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE EFFECT; HINDCASTING; MODELING; NDVI; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; WEATHER FORECASTING; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 69949124878     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1797     Document Type: Article

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