Sensitivity analysis of the GEMS soil organic carbon model to land cover land use classification uncertainties under different climate scenarios in senegal

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 631-648

  Dieye, A M ^a,b   Roy, D P ^a   Hanan, N P ^a   Liu, S ^c   Hansen, M ^d   Toure A ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Third World Forum Dakar   (Senegal)

^c US Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSAT; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

SENEGAL;

EID: 84863679912     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-631-2012     Document Type: Article

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