Remote sensing methods for the evaluation of the mesquite tree (Prosopis juliflora) environmental adaptation to semi-arid Africa

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1910-1913

  Hoshino, Buho ^a   Yonemori, Maino ^a   Manayeva, Karina ^a   Karamalla, Abdelaziz ^b   Yoda, Kiyotsugu ^c   Suliman, Mahgoub ^b   Elgamri, Mohamed ^b   Nawata, Hiroshi ^d   Mori, Yusuke ^a   Yabuki, Shunsuke ^a   Aida, Shigeto ^a  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^c ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Africa; backscatter coefficient; mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) control; NDII

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; BARE SOIL AREAS; ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; HIGH WATER; INFRARED INDICES; NDII; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; SEMI ARID; SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BACKSCATTERING; GEOLOGY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 80955122652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049498     Document Type: Conference Paper

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