Using NOAA AVHRR data to estimate maize production in the United States Corn Belt

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 3189-3200

  Hayes, M J ^a,b   Decker, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIOMETERS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER (AVHRR); MAIZE PRODUCTION; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA); VEGETATION CONDITION INDEX;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; CORN; CROP ASSESSMENT; CROP YIELD; MAIZE; MAIZE PRODUCTION; METHOD EVALUATION; NOAA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; VCI; VEGETATION CONDITION INDEX; VEGETATION INDEX; YIELD;

USA, (MIDWEST); USA, CORNBELT;

POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030292154     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608949138     Document Type: Article

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