Remote sensing of vegetation dynamics in West Africa

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 6357-6396

  Knauer, Kim ^a   Gessner, Ursula ^a   Dech, Stefan ^a   Kuenzer, Claudia ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DYNAMICS; SPACE OPTICS; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY; ANNUAL VARIABILITY; CHANGING CLIMATE; DYNAMIC NATURE; PHENOLOGICAL CYCLES; PLANT PARAMETERS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

REMOTE SENSING;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84907445559     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.954062     Document Type: Review

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