A remote sensing-based irrigation performance assessment: A case study of the Office du Niger in Mali

Irrigation Science

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 371-385

  Zwart, Sander J ^a,b   Leclert, Lucie M C ^a  

^a WaterWatch   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERIVED DATA; FIELD-MEASURED DATA; HEAD-TAIL PATTERNS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IRRIGATION PERFORMANCE; IRRIGATION SCHEMES; LANDSAT IMAGES; MANAGEMENT UNIT; NIGER; NORMALISED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; OBJECTIVE INFORMATION; ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RICE PRODUCTION; RICE YIELD; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE ALGORITHM FOR LANDS; WATER CONSUMPTION;

BENCHMARKING; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

ALGORITHM; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DATABASE; ENERGY BALANCE; FIELD SURVEY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LANDSAT; NDVI; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RICE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE ENERGY; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER USE;

MALI;

EID: 77953705867     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-009-0199-3     Document Type: Article

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