MODIS NDVI trends and fractional land cover change for improved assessments of vegetation degradation in Burkina Faso, West Africa

BJB Zoungrana, C Conrad, M Thiel… - Journal of Arid …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Reduction of natural vegetation cover in the savannah of West Africa constitutes a pressing
environmental concern that may lead to soil degradation. With the aim to assess the …

Land use-land cover change in the Tano basin, Ghana and the implications on sustainable development goals

I Larbi - Heliyon, 2023‏ - cell.com
The changes in land use and land cover (LULC) contribute to carbon emissions that lead to
climate change and global warming. Obtaining information on LULC change is of necessity …

Satellite monitoring of bio-fertilizer restoration in olive groves affected by Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca

P Blonda, C Tarantino, M Scortichini, S Maggi… - Scientific reports, 2023‏ - nature.com
Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca (Xfp), has attacked the olive trees in Southern Italy with
severe impacts on the olive agro-ecosystem. To reduce both the Xfp cell concentration and …

Land use and land cover changes and the link to land degradation in Arsi Negele district, Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Z Mekonnen, HT Berie, T Woldeamanuel… - Remote Sensing …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Accurate information on land use and land cover change (LULCC) is critical for
understanding the causes of change and for develo** effective policies and strategies to …

Exploring strategies for investigating the mechanisms linking climate and individual-level child health outcomes: An analysis of birth weight in Mali

K Grace, A Verdin, A Dorélien, F Davenport… - …, 2021‏ - read.dukeupress.edu
The goal of this article is to consider data solutions to investigate the differential pathways
that connect climate/weather variability to child health outcomes. We apply several …

Temporal variations of NDVI and LAI and interactions with hydroclimatic variables in a large and agro‐ecologically diverse region

M Ukasha, JA Ramirez… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Satellite based vegetation indices are increasingly used to characterize vegetation's
response to climate variability and change over large spatial extents. The use of a given …

Land cover change and water quality: how remote sensing can help understand driver–impact relations in the Lake Titicaca Basin

A Baltodano, A Agramont, I Reusen, A van Griensven - Water, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
The increase of human interventions and developments are modifying the land use/land
cover (LULC) of the global landscape, thus severely affecting the water quality of rivers and …

[HTML][HTML] Vegetation dynamics and climatological drivers in Ethiopia at the turn of the century

C Muir, J Southworth, R Khatami, H Herrero, B Akyapı - Remote Sensing, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Global change, particularly climate change, poses a risk of altering vegetation composition
and health. The consequences manifest throughout Earth's system as a change in …

Impact of climate variability on the transmission risk of malaria in northern Côte d'Ivoire

RK M'Bra, B Kone, DP Soro, RTAS N'krumah, N Soro… - PLoS …, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
Since the 1970s, the northern part of Côte d'Ivoire has experienced considerable fluctuation
in its meteorology including a general decrease of rainfall and increase of temperature from …