Operational yield forecast using AVHRR NDVI data: Reduction of environmental and inter-annual variability

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1059-1077

  Rasmussen, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; OPERATIONAL MILLET YIELD FORECAST; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY PARAMETERS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MILLET; MILLET YIELD; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; YIELD FORECAST; YIELD FORECASTING;

SENEGAL;

EID: 0031104588     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697218575     Document Type: Article

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