Biophysical Changes in the Sahel: Ground and Satellite Based Evidence Across Scales and Disciplines

Project Information

BICSA

Grant agreement ID: 656564

DOI 10.3030/656564

Project closed

EC signature date 5 March 2015

Start date 1 May 2015

End date 30 April 2017

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 200 194,80

EU contribution € 200 194,80

Coordinated by

KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET
Denmark

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (14)

Revisiting the coupling between NDVI trends and cropland changes in the Sahel drylands: A case study in western Niger

Author(s): Xiaoye Tong, Martin Brandt, Pierre Hiernaux, Stefanie M. Herrmann, Feng Tian, Alexander V. Prishchepov, Rasmus Fensholt
Published in: Remote Sensing of Environment, Issue 191, 2017, Page(s) 286-296, ISSN 0034-4257
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2017.01.030

Human population growth offsets climate-driven increase in woody vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa

Author(s): Martin Brandt, Kjeld Rasmussen, Josep Peñuelas, Feng Tian, Guy Schurgers, Aleixandre Verger, Ole Mertz, John R. B. Palmer, Rasmus Fensholt
Published in: Nature Ecology & Evolution, Issue 1/4, 2017, Page(s) 0081, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0081

Quantifying the effectiveness of ecological restoration projects on long-term vegetation dynamics in the karst regions of Southwest China

Author(s): Xiaowei Tong, Kelin Wang, Yuemin Yue, Martin Brandt, Bo Liu, Chunhua Zhang, Chujie Liao, Rasmus Fensholt
Published in: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Issue 54, 2017, Page(s) 105-113, ISSN 0303-2434
Publisher: International Institute for Aerial Survey and Earth Sciences
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2016.09.013

Do Agrometeorological Data Improve Optical Satellite-Based Estimations of the Herbaceous Yield in Sahelian Semi-Arid Ecosystems?

Author(s): Abdoul Diouf, Pierre Hiernaux, Martin Brandt, Gayane Faye, Bakary Djaby, Mouhamadou Diop, Jacques Ndione, Bernard Tychon
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 8/8, 2016, Page(s) 668, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs8080668

How conflict affects land use: agricultural activity in areas seized by the Islamic State

Author(s): Lina Eklund, Michael Degerald, Martin Brandt, Alexander V Prishchepov, Petter Pilesjö
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Issue 12/5, 2017, Page(s) 054004, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa673a

Assessing Future Vegetation Trends and Restoration Prospects in the Karst Regions of Southwest China

Author(s): Xiaowei Tong, Kelin Wang, Martin Brandt, Yuemin Yue, Chujie Liao, Rasmus Fensholt
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 8/5, 2016, Page(s) 357, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs8050357

Mapping gains and losses in woody vegetation across global tropical drylands

Author(s): Feng Tian, Martin Brandt, Yi Y. Liu, Kjeld Rasmussen, Rasmus Fensholt
Published in: Global Change Biology, Issue 23/4, 2017, Page(s) 1748-1760, ISSN 1354-1013
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13464

Remote sensing of vegetation dynamics in drylands: Evaluating vegetation optical depth (VOD) using AVHRR NDVI and in situ green biomass data over West African Sahel

Author(s): Feng Tian, Martin Brandt, Yi Y. Liu, Aleixandre Verger, Torbern Tagesson, Abdoul A. Diouf, Kjeld Rasmussen, Cheikh Mbow, Yunjia Wang, Rasmus Fensholt
Published in: Remote Sensing of Environment, Issue 177, 2016, Page(s) 265-276, ISSN 0034-4257
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.056

Assessing woody vegetation trends in Sahelian drylands using MODIS based seasonal metrics

Author(s): Martin Brandt, Pierre Hiernaux, Kjeld Rasmussen, Cheikh Mbow, Laurent Kergoat, Torbern Tagesson, Yahaya Z. Ibrahim, Abdoulaye Wélé, Compton J. Tucker, Rasmus Fensholt
Published in: Remote Sensing of Environment, Issue 183, 2016, Page(s) 215-225, ISSN 0034-4257
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.05.027

Woody plant cover estimation in drylands from Earth Observation based seasonal metrics

Author(s): Martin Brandt, Pierre Hiernaux, Torbern Tagesson, Aleixandre Verger, Kjeld Rasmussen, Abdoul Aziz Diouf, Cheikh Mbow, Eric Mougin, Rasmus Fensholt
Published in: Remote Sensing of Environment, Issue 172, 2016, Page(s) 28-38, ISSN 0034-4257
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.10.036

Fodder Biomass Monitoring in Sahelian Rangelands Using Phenological Metrics from FAPAR Time Series

Author(s): Abdoul Diouf, Martin Brandt, Aleixandre Verger, Moussa Jarroudi, Bakary Djaby, Rasmus Fensholt, Jacques Ndione, Bernard Tychon
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 7/7, 2015, Page(s) 9122-9148, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs70709122

Woody Vegetation Die off and Regeneration in Response to Rainfall Variability in the West African Sahel

Author(s): Martin Brandt, Gray Tappan, Abdoul Diouf, Gora Beye, Cheikh Mbow, Rasmus Fensholt
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 9/1, 2017, Page(s) 39, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs9010039

Using long-term daily satellite based rainfall data (1983?2015) to analyze spatio-temporal changes in the sahelian rainfall regime

Author(s): Wenmin Zhang, Martin Brandt, Francoise Guichard, Qingjiu Tian, Rasmus Fensholt
Published in: Journal of Hydrology, Issue 550, 2017, Page(s) 427-440, ISSN 0022-1694
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.05.033

Farmlands Feature Greater Woody Cover than Savannas in Semi-Arid West Africa

Author(s): Martin Brandt, Kjeld Rasmussen, Pierre Hiernaux, Stefanie Herrmann, Compton J. Tucker, Xiaoye Tong, Feng Tian, Ole Mertz, Laurent Kergoat, Cheikh Mbow, John David, Katherine Melocik, Morgane Dendoncker, Caroline Vincke, Rasmus Fensholt
Published in: preprints, 2017, ISSN 2310-287X
Publisher: Preprints
DOI: 10.20944/preprints201703.0173.v1