MODIS-based change vector analysis for assessing wetland dynamics in Southern Africa

Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-113

  Landmann, Tobias ^a   Schramm, Matthias ^b   Huettich, Christian ^c   Dech, Stefan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   (Mexico)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGE VECTOR ANALYSIS; INTERANNUAL; MICROWAVE SCANNING; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NAMIBIA; OBSERVATION PERIOD; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEMI ARID; VULNERABLE ECOSYSTEMS;

DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

WETLANDS;

AMSR-E; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MODIS; PIXEL; VECTOR; WETLAND;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84869077900     PISSN: 2150704X     EISSN: 21507058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2012.699201     Document Type: Article

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