Use of MODIS NDVI to evaluate changing latitudinal gradients of rangeland phenology in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3367-3376

  Butt, Bilal ^a   Turner, Matthew D ^a   Singh, Aditya ^a   Brottem, Leif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Livestock mobility; Monsoon dynamics; Pastoralism; Transhumance

Indexed keywords

BREAKPOINT ANALYSIS; GREEN-UP; GROWING SEASON; INFLECTION POINTS; INTERANNUAL; LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS; LATITUDINAL RANGE; MONSOON ONSET; NORTH LATITUDES; PASTORALISM; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STUDY AREAS; TRANSHUMANCE; WEST AFRICA;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BIOLOGY; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; PHENOLS; RADIOMETERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MOBILITY; MODIS; MOVEMENT; NDVI; PASTORALISM; PHENOLOGY; RANGELAND;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 81355146807     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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