Early cotton yield assessment by the use of the NOAA/AVHRR derived Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) in Greece

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2807-2819

  Domenikiotis, C ^a   Spiliotopoulos, M ^b   Tsiros, E ^b   Dalezios, N R ^a  

^a School of Agricultural Sciences   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COTTON; RADIOMETERS; VEGETATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AGRICULTURAL MONITORING; SATELLITE SENSORS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AGROMETEOROLOGY; AVHRR; COTTON; CROP YIELD; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242687166     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160310001632729     Document Type: Article

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