MODIS derived vegetation greenness trends in African Savanna: Deconstructing and localizing the role of changing moisture availability, fire regime and anthropogenic impact

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 169, Issue , 2015, Pages 192-204

  Mishra, Niti B ^a,b   Crews, Kelley A ^b   Neeti, Neeti ^c   Meyer, Thoralf ^b   Young, Kenneth R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire frequency; Google Earth; Greenness trend; Kalahari; Land use change; MODIS time series; Rainfall; Seasonal trend analysis; Semi arid savanna; Vegetation morphology; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRES; MOISTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

FIRE FREQUENCIES; GOOGLE EARTHS; GREENNESS TREND; KALAHARI; LAND-USE CHANGE; MODIS TIME SERIES; SEASONAL TRENDS; SEMI ARID; WOODY-PLANT ENCROACHMENTS;

LAND USE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE; MODIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; MORPHOLOGY; NDVI; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROTECTED AREA; SATELLITE DATA; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; TRMM; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANT;

KALAHARI GEMSBOK NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84940191079     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.08.008     Document Type: Article

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