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1 December 1990 Satellite remote sensing of primary production in the Sahel using NOAA AVHRR 1981-1988
Stephen D. Prince
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Abstract
Field measurements of primary production in semi-arid grasslands in three Sahelian countries over a period of eight years are analyzed in conjunction with multitemporal sums of vegetation indices derived from the NOAA spacecraft's Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. The results demonstrate that there is a strong linear relationship between the satellite observations of vegetation indices and the prlmaiy production in the range 0-3,000 kg ha. The confidence intervals of estimation of production were in the range ±61-161 kg ha.
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Stephen D. Prince "Satellite remote sensing of primary production in the Sahel using NOAA AVHRR 1981-1988", Proc. SPIE 1300, Remote Sensing of the Biosphere, (1 December 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21388
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KEYWORDS
Vegetation

Satellites

Remote sensing

Solar radiation

Atmospheric modeling

Composites

Earth observing sensors

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