Evaluating ESA CCI soil moisture in East Africa

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 96-109

  McNally, Amy ^a   Shukla, Shraddhanand ^b   Arsenault, Kristi R ^c   Wang, Shugong ^c   Peters Lidard, Christa D ^c   Verdin, James P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural drought monitoring; East Africa; Food security; Remotely sensed soil moisture

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTREME EVENT; FOOD SECURITY; NDVI; PIXEL; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EAST AFRICA;

EID: 85015850331     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.01.001     Document Type: Article

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