Can vegetation productivity be derived from greenness in a semi-arid environment? Evidence from ground-based measurements

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-65

  Mbow, Cheikh ^a   Fensholt, Rasmus ^b   Rasmussen, Kjeld ^b   Diop, Doudou ^c  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Biomass; NDVI; NPP; Phenology; Sahel; Senegal; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; GRASS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; LEGUME; NDVI; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL;

ARISTIDA ADSCENSIONIS; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS BIFLORUS; ZORNIA;

EID: 84874781982     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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