Satellite remote sensing of primary production in the Sahel using NOAA AVHRR 1981-1988

Stephen D. Prince

doi:10.1117/12.21388

1 December 1990 Satellite remote sensing of primary production in the Sahel using NOAA AVHRR 1981-1988

Stephen D. Prince

Proceedings Volume 1300, Remote Sensing of the Biosphere; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21388
Event: 1990 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

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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