Early prediction of crop production using drought indices at different time-scales and remote sensing data: Application in the Ebro Valley (north-east Spain)

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 511-518

  Vicente Serrano, Sergio ^a,b   Cuadrat Prats, José M ^b   Romo, Alfredo ^c  

^a CESBIO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop prediction; Ebro valley; Mediterranean region; NDVI; NOAA AVHRR; Standardized Precipitation Index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; CROPS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CROP PRODUCTION; EBRO VALLEY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PREDICTIVE MODELS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; CROP PRODUCTION; NDVI; PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING;

EBRO VALLEY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33645713372     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500296032     Document Type: Article

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