DOI

Vegetation of Cameroon includes a variety of landscape types with high biodiversity. Ecological monitoring of Yaoundé requires visualization of vegetation types in context of climate change. Vegetation Indices (VIs) derived from Sentinel-2 multispectral satellite image were analyzed in SAGA GIS to separate wetland biomes, as well as savannah and tropical rainforests. The methodology includes computing 6 VIs: NDVI, DVI, SAVI, RVI, TTVI, CTVI. The VIs shown correlation of data with vegetation distribution rising from wetlands, grassland, savanna, and shrub land towards tropical rainforests, increasing values along with canopy greenness, while also being inversely proportional to soils, urban spaces and Sanaga River. The study contributed to the environmental studies of Cameroon and demonstration of the satellite image processing.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17-34
Number of pages18
JournalTransylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research
Volume22
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Dec 2020
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Sentinel-2, SAGA GIS, Cameroon, remote sensing, vegetation

    Scopus subject areas

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
  • Computer Science(all)
  • Environmental Science(all)

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