Using remote sensing for agricultural statistics

International Statistical Review

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-404

  Carfagna, Elisabetta ^a   Gallego, F Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Area estimation; Area frames; Regression estimator; Satellite images; Yield estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344434306     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2005.tb00155.x     Document Type: Article

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