Impacts of climate variability and drought on surface water resources in Sub-Saharan Africa using remote sensing: A review

TD Bhaga, T Dube, MD Shekede, C Shoko - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Climate variability and recurrent droughts have caused remarkable strain on water
resources in most regions across the globe, with the arid and semi-arid areas being the …

The conservation of Afro‐Palaearctic migrants: what we are learning and what we need to know?

JA Vickery, JW Mallord, WM Adams, AE Beresford… - Ibis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The global long‐term decline of migrant birds represents an important and challenging issue
for conservation scientists and practitioners. This review draws together recent research …

Perspectives on monitoring gradual change across the continuity of Landsat sensors using time-series data

JE Vogelmann, AL Gallant, H Shi, Z Zhu - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
There are many types of changes occurring over the Earth's landscapes that can be
detected and monitored using Landsat data. Here we focus on monitoring “within-state,” …

Ecological environment quality evaluation of the Sahel region in Africa based on remote sensing ecological index

S Wu, X Gao, J Lei, N Zhou, Z Guo, B Shang - Journal of Arid Land, 2022 - Springer
Long-term monitoring of the ecological environment changes is helpful for the protection of
the ecological environment. Based on the ecological environment of the Sahel region in …

Multispectral remote sensing of wetlands in semi-arid and arid areas: a review on applications, challenges and possible future research directions

S Gxokwe, T Dube, D Mazvimavi - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Wetlands are ranked as very diverse ecosystems, covering about 4–6% of the global land
surface. They occupy the transition zones between aquatic and terrestrial environments, and …

[HTML][HTML] What four decades of earth observation tell us about land degradation in the Sahel?

C Mbow, M Brandt, I Ouedraogo, J De Leeuw… - Remote Sensing, 2015 - mdpi.com
The assessment of land degradation and the quantification of its effects on land productivity
have been both a scientific and political challenge. After four decades of Earth Observation …

Monitoring of the Lac Bam wetland extent using dual-polarized X-band SAR data

L Moser, A Schmitt, A Wendleder, A Roth - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
Wetlands in semi-arid Africa are vital as water resource for local inhabitants and for
biodiversity, but they are prone to strong seasonal fluctuations. Lac Bam is the largest …

[HTML][HTML] A new change detection method for wetlands based on bi-temporal semantic reasoning UNet++ in Dongting Lake, China

Y Pan, H Lin, Z Zang, J Long, M Zhang, X Xu… - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
The utility of semantic change detection in myriad change scenarios has garnered
considerable attention in contemporary research; however, its applicability in monitoring …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing of environmental drivers influencing the movement ecology of sympatric wild and domestic ungulates in semi-arid savannas, a review

F Rumiano, E Wielgus, E Miguel… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Interfaces between protected areas and their peripheries in southern Africa are subject to
interactions between wildlife and livestock that vary in frequency and intensity. In these …

Environmental map** of Burkina Faso using TerraClimate data and satellite images by GMT and R scripts

P Lemenkova, O Debeir - Advances in Geodesy and …, 2023 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
In this paper, the climate and environmental datasets were processed by the scripts of
Generic Map** Tools (GMT) and R to evaluate changes in climate parameters, vegetation …