The ITHACA Early Warning System for drought monitoring: First prototype test for the 2010 Sahel crisis

European Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 181-195

  Perez, Francesca ^a   de Stefano, Matteo ^a   Disabato, Franca ^a   Vigna, Rossella ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drought; Early Warning System; NDVI; Phenology; Precipitation; Sahel; WFP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857346121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22797254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5721/ItJRS201244114     Document Type: Article

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