Establishing an operational waterhole monitoring system using satellite data and hydrologic modelling: Application in the pastoral regions of East Africa

Pastoralism

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Senay, Gabriel B ^a,b   Velpuri, Naga Manohar ^a   Alemu, Henok ^b   Md Pervez, Shahriar ^a   Asante, Kwabena O ^c   Kariuki, Gatarwa ^d   Taa, Asefa ^e   Angerer, Jay ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Climatus LLC   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e Oromia Agricultural Research Institute (OARI)   (Ethiopia)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic modelling; Pastoral regions; Remote sensing; Satellite data; Water monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975246105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-7136-3-20     Document Type: Article

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