The early explanatory power of NDVI in crop yield modelling

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2211-2225

  Wall, Lenny ^a   Larocque, Denis ^b   Léger, Pierre Majorique ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

CROP YIELD MODELING; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SATELLITE-BASED MEASUREMENT;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AVHRR; CROP YIELD; GROWING SEASON; METEOROLOGY; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 41549159398     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701395252     Document Type: Article

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