Automated mapping of vegetation trends with polynomials using NDVI imagery over the Sahel

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 141, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-89

  Jamali, Sadegh ^a   Seaquist, Jonathan ^a   Eklundh, Lars ^a   Ardö, Jonas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; GIMMS; NDVI time series; Non linear vegetation change; Polynomial fit; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; POLYNOMIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; GIMMS; NDVI TIME SERIES; POLYNOMIAL FIT; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION CHANGE;

VEGETATION;

BIOME; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LINEARITY; MAPPING METHOD; NDVI; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THRESHOLD; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NORTH AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84888086804     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

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