Rainfall intra-seasonal variability and vegetation growth in the Ferlo basin (Senegal)

Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Cissé, Soukèye ^a,b   Eymard, Laurence ^b   Ottlé, Catherine ^c   Ndione, Jacques André ^d   Gaye, Amadou Thierno ^a   Pinsard, Françoise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d Third World Forum Dakar   (Senegal)

Author keywords

MODIS LAI; Rainfall; RFE; Sahel; Soil moisture; TRMM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957883167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs8010066     Document Type: Article

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