Estimating maize production in kenya using ndvi: Some statistical considerations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2609-2617

  Lewis, J E ^a   Rowland, J ^b   Nadeau, A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI); REGRESSION COEFFICIENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

CROP PRODUCTION; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

KENYA;

EID: 0032505170     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698214677     Document Type: Article

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