Advancements in earth observation for water resources monitoring and management in Africa: a comprehensive review

T Dube, D Seaton, C Shoko, C Mbow - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper provides an overview of the progress made in remote sensing of water resources
in Africa, focusing on various applications such as precipitation estimation, land surface …

Remote sensing for monitoring tropical dryland forests: A review of current research, knowledge gaps and future directions for Southern Africa

RM David, NJ Rosser… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Climate change, manifest via rising temperatures, extreme drought, and associated
anthropogenic activities, has a negative impact on the health and development of tropical …

Protecting and connecting landscapes stabilizes populations of the Endangered savannah elephant

RM Huang, C Maré, RAR Guldemond, SL Pimm… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The influence of protected areas on the growth of African savannah elephant populations is
inadequately known. Across southern Africa, elephant numbers grew at 0.16% annually for …

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 …

Forb community responses to an extensive drought in two contrasting land-use types of a semi-arid Lowveld savanna

F Siebert, J Klem, H Van Coller - African Journal of Range & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Projected increases in the frequency and severity of drought events are expected to impose
changes in the ecology of native forb communities in semi-arid ecosystems. We examined …

A spatial and temporal assessment of vegetation greening and precipitation changes for monitoring vegetation dynamics in climate zones over Africa

V Nzabarinda, A Bao, W Xu, S Uwamahoro… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vegetation is vital, and its greening depends on access to water. Thus, precipitation has a
considerable influence on the health and condition of vegetation and its amount and timing …

Assessing plant production responses to climate across water-limited regions using Google Earth Engine

EL Bunting, SM Munson, JB Bradford - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate variability and change acting at broad scales can lead to divergent changes in plant
production at local scales. Quantifying how production responds to variation in climate at …

Landscape vulnerability assessment driven by drought and precipitation anomalies in sub-Saharan Africa

X Guo, Z Zhang, X Zhang, M Bi… - Environmental Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Global climate extremes are increasingly frequent and intense, especially in Africa, which is
most vulnerable to climate change (de Sherbinin 2013 Clim. Change 123 23–37). However …

Assessing the impact of wildlife on vegetation cover change, northeast Namibia, based on MODIS satellite imagery (2002–2021)

AMG Gbagir, CS Sikopo, KK Matengu, A Colpaert - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human–wildlife conflict in the Zambezi region of northeast Namibia is well documented, but
the impact of wildlife (eg, elephants) on vegetation cover change has not been adequately …

A review of earth observation-based analyses for major river basins

S Uereyen, C Kuenzer - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
Regardless of political boundaries, river basins are a functional unit of the Earth's land
surface and provide an abundance of resources for the environment and humans. They …