Historical Generalized Difference Vegetation Index of emerging Northwest Mining Region of Ghana (1990)

The Generalized Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (GNDVI) is a modification of the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), which has been proposed by Weicheng Wu (2014) for the assessment of dryland environments due to the inadequacy of the NDVI in these areas. Indeed, this has been very appropriate and effective in mapping the vegetative cover of the Northwest region of Ghana, which is a semi-arid zone. The GNDVI of 1990 seeks to validate the land cover patterns that existed in the area with regard to biodiversity and land use. This data sets the baseline analysis of the emerging Northwest mining region of Ghana, which would enhance the monitoring of sustainable mining

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Date ( Publication )
2020-08-01
Status
Completed
Originator
University College Dublin (UCD) - Wadood Moomen ( )

Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
Keywords ( Place )
  • Ghana
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Land use
  • Agriculture
  • Mining
  • Urbanisation
  • Rural communities
  • Emerging mining region
  • Displacement
  • Vegetation
  • Biodiversity
  • Ecosystems
  • Sustainable Mining
  • Sustainable Development
  • Generalized Normalised Difference Vegetation Index
  • GNDVI
  • NDVI
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Metadata language
en
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Topic category
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Begin date
1990-01-01
End date
1990-12-31
Reference system identifier
WGS 1984
Number of dimensions
2
Dimension name
Column
Dimension size
1
Resolution
0.00027470270107  degrees
Dimension name
Row
Dimension size
1
Resolution
0.00027060309154  degrees
Cell geometry
Area
Transformation parameter availability
No
Distribution format
  • GeoTiff ( Not Set )

OnLine resource
Project website ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
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Metadata language
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Character set
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Date stamp
2020-12-22T17:27:45
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
UN Environment-GRID Geneva - Antonio Benvenuti ( )

 
 

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Keywords

Agriculture Biodiversity Displacement Ecosystems Emerging mining region GNDVI Generalized Normalised Difference Vegetation Index Land use Mining NDVI Rural communities Sustainable Development Sustainable Mining Urbanisation Vegetation

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