Exploring Connections between Global Climate Indices and African Vegetation Phenology

• Main Authors: Brown, Molly E., deBeurs, Kirsten, Vrieling, Anton
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Earth Resources and Remote Sensing; Indian; Pacific; Soi; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20090028513

Variations in agricultural production due to rainfall and temperature fluctuations are a primary cause of food insecurity on the continent in Africa. Agriculturally destructive droughts and floods are monitored from space using satellite remote sensing by organizations seeking to provide quantitativ...