Analysis of teleconnections between AVHRR-based sea surface temperature and vegetation productivity in the semi-arid Sahel

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3276-3285

  Huber, Silvia ^a   Fensholt, Rasmus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate indices; NDVI; Oceanic forcing; Remote sensing; Sahel; SST; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE INDEX; NDVI; OCEANIC FORCING; SAHEL; SST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

VEGETATION;

AVHRR; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; NDVI; PIXEL; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 81355146795     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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