The current and potential operational uses of remote sensing to aid decisions on drought exceptional circumstances in Australia: A review

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 399-468

  McVicar, Tim R ^a   Jupp, David L B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; REMOTE SENSING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032124381     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00026-2     Document Type: Review

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