Water resources in Africa under global change: monitoring surface waters from space

F Papa, JF Crétaux, M Grippa, E Robert, M Trigg… - Surveys in …, 2023‏ - Springer
The African continent hosts some of the largest freshwater systems worldwide, characterized
by a large distribution and variability of surface waters that play a key role in the water …

[HTML][HTML] A review of ocean color remote sensing methods and statistical techniques for the detection, map** and analysis of phytoplankton blooms in coastal and …

D Blondeau-Patissier, JFR Gower, AG Dekker… - Progress in …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The need for more effective environmental monitoring of the open and coastal ocean has
recently led to notable advances in satellite ocean color technology and algorithm research …

Remote sensing of inland waters: Challenges, progress and future directions

SCJ Palmer, T Kutser, PD Hunter - Remote sensing of Environment, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Monitoring and understanding the physical, chemical and biological status of global inland
waters are immensely important to scientists and policy makers alike. Whereas conventional …

Remote sensing-based water quality monitoring in African reservoirs, potential and limitations of sensors and algorithms: A systematic review

T Bangira, TN Matongera, T Mabhaudhi… - … of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Accurate spatial and temporal water quality data can enable advanced management of
water resources, which are increasingly threatened as a result of climate change, rapid …

Using multi-temporal Landsat imagery and linear mixed models for assessing water quality parameters in Río Tercero reservoir (Argentina)

M Bonansea, MC Rodriguez, L Pinotti… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The application of remote sensing technology to water quality monitoring has special
significance for lake management at regional scales. Many studies have proposed …

[HTML][HTML] Need for harmonized long-term multi-lake monitoring of African Great Lakes

PD Plisnier, R Kayanda, S MacIntyre, K Obiero… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
To ensure the long-term sustainable use of African Great Lakes (AGL), and to better
understand the functioning of these ecosystems, authorities, managers and scientists need …

The impacts of environmental variables on water reflectance measured using a lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based spectrometer system

C Zeng, M Richardson, DJ King - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Remote sensing methods to study spatial and temporal changes in water quality using
satellite or aerial imagery are limited by the inherently low reflectance signal of water across …

Dynamics of cholera outbreaks in Great Lakes region of Africa, 1978–2008

DB Nkoko, P Giraudoux, PD Plisnier… - Emerging infectious …, 2011‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cholera outbreaks have occurred in Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya almost every year since 1977–1978, when the disease …

Water quality monitoring in sub-Saharan African lakes: a review of remote sensing applications

T Dube, O Mutanga, K Seutloali… - African Journal of …, 2015‏ - Taylor & Francis
Water quality deterioration in sub-Saharan Africa has attained a scale that requires scientific
intervention. It is therefore important to devise appropriate and reliable techniques to …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring climate change and anthropogenic pressure at Lake Tanganyika

PD Plisnier, M Nshombo, H Mgana… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The African Great Lakes are under threat from global and local environmental
challenges including climatic change, water pollution and overfishing. To address those …