Evaluating drought response of Southern Cape Indigenous Forests, South Africa, using MODIS data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 4852-4864

  Hope, Allen ^a   Fouad, Geoffrey ^a   Granovskaya, Yelena ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; MEDIAN FILTERS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION;

CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; FOREST CONDITIONS; FOREST PRODUCTION; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRESS RESISTANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

FORESTRY;

DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST COVER; GROWTH RESPONSE; MODIS; NDVI; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING; WATER AVAILABILITY;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLANTS; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; SEASONAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84905020394     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.930205     Document Type: Article

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