Land use and land cover classification using phenological variability from MODIS vegetation in the Upper Pangani River Basin, Eastern Africa

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-122

  Kiptala, J K ^a,b   Mohamed, Y ^a,c,d   Mul, M L ^a,e   Cheema, M J M ^c,f   Van Der Zaag, P ^a,c  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Hydraulic Research Station   (Sudan)

^e INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Land cover; Land suitability; Land use; MODIS; Pangani River Basin; Phenology

Indexed keywords

LAND COVER; LAND SUITABILITY; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; RIVER BASINS;

ARID REGIONS; IRRIGATION; LAND USE; RADIOMETERS; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

PANGANI BASIN; TANZANIA;

EID: 84886801902     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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