Suivi du développement végétal au cours de l'été 1984 dans le Sahel Malien

Abstract A ground data-collection programme was initiated to establish a calibration between the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) from the NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and grassland biomass. Thirty sites were selected representing a range of Sahclian vegetation communities in the Gourma region of Mali and monitored during the 1984 growing season. The sites were 1 km square and located within larger areas of homogeneous terrain. The herbaceous and woody strata were sampled every fourteen days, and above-ground green biomass and rainfall data were collected. Ground and airborne radiometer data were recorded to facilitate interpretation of the satellite data, and aerial photographs were taken to provide estimates of tree and shrub density. AVHRR LAC and GAC data were acquired and a thermal cloud mask was applied to the data. NDVI values were extracted for the ground sites and correlation analysis performed. Low correlation coefficients were calculated for the ground meas...

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