Surface Moisture and Vegetation Cover Analysis for Drought Monitoring in the Southern Kruger National Park Using Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Landsat-8

Surface Moisture and Vegetation Cover Analysis for Drought Monitoring in the Southern Kruger National Park Using Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Landsat-8

During the southern summer season of 2015 and 2016, South Africa experienced one of the most severe meteorological droughts since the start of climate recording, due to an exceptionally strong El Niño event. To investigate spatiotemporal dynamics of surface moisture and vegetation structu...

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Main Authors: Marcel Urban, Christian Berger, Tami E. Mudau, Kai Heckel, John Truckenbrodt, Victor Onyango Odipo, Izak P. J. Smit, Christiane Schmullius
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
drought monitoring
surface moisture
time series analysis
savanna ecosystems
Sentinel-1
NDVI
Sentinel-2
Landsat-8
Kruger National Park
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/9/1482

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