[HTML][HTML] Satellite remote sensing of savannas: Current status and emerging opportunities

AM Abdi, M Brandt, C Abel, R Fensholt - Journal of Remote Sensing, 2022 - spj.science.org
Savannas cover a wide climatic gradient across large portions of the Earth's land surface
and are an important component of the terrestrial biosphere. Savannas have been …

Remote sensing of vegetation dynamics in drylands: Evaluating vegetation optical depth (VOD) using AVHRR NDVI and in situ green biomass data over West African …

F Tian, M Brandt, YY Liu, A Verger, T Tagesson… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Monitoring long-term biomass dynamics in drylands is of great importance for many
environmental applications including land degradation and global carbon cycle modeling …

Remote sensing of vegetation in the Sudano-Sahelian zone: A literature review from 1975 to 2014

M Karlson, M Ostwald - Journal of Arid Environments, 2016 - Elsevier
Scarcity of in situ vegetation data inhibits research and natural resource management in the
Sudano-Sahelian zone (SSZ). Satellite and aerial remote sensing (RS) constitute key …

New optimized spectral indices for identifying and monitoring winter wheat diseases

W Huang, Q Guan, J Luo, J Zhang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The vegetation indices from hyperspectral data have been shown to be effective for indirect
monitoring of plant diseases. However, a limitation of these indices is that they cannot …

Connecting dynamic vegetation models to data–an inverse perspective

F Hartig, J Dyke, T Hickler, SI Higgins… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamic vegetation models provide process‐based explanations of the dynamics and the
distribution of plant ecosystems. They offer significant advantages over static, correlative …

Exploring the potential of MODIS EVI for modeling gross primary production across African ecosystems

M Sjöström, J Ardö, A Arneth, N Boulain… - Remote sensing of …, 2011 - Elsevier
One of the most frequently applied methods for integrating controls on primary production
through satellite data is the light use efficiency (LUE) approach, which links vegetation gross …

Water availability as the driver of vegetation dynamics in the African Sahel from 1982 to 2007

S Huber, R Fensholt, K Rasmussen - Global and Planetary Change, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper we explore soil moisture as a principal determinant of Sahelian vegetation
dynamics for the period 1982–2007 and compare it to the findings obtained with commonly …

Drought footprint on E uropean ecosystems between 1999 and 2010 assessed by remotely sensed vegetation phenology and productivity

E Ivits, S Horion, R Fensholt… - Global Change Biology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Drought affects more people than any other natural disaster but there is little understanding
of how ecosystems react to droughts. This study jointly analyzed spatio‐temporal changes of …

Can vegetation productivity be derived from greenness in a semi-arid environment? Evidence from ground-based measurements

C Mbow, R Fensholt, K Rasmussen, D Diop - Journal of Arid Environments, 2013 - Elsevier
Trends of biomass production and land processes in the Sahel have been widely studied
since the droughts of 1970s. Satellite data have been an important source of information …

Development and evaluation of a new spectral disease index to detect wheat fusarium head blight using hyperspectral imaging

D Zhang, Q Wang, F Lin, X Yin, C Gu, H Qiao - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major disease threatening worldwide wheat production.
FHB is a short cycle disease and is highly destructive under conducive environments. To …