Monte carlo simulation and remote sensing applied to agricultural survey sampling strategy in Taita hills, Kenya

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1647-1654

  Maeda, Eduardo Eiji ^a   Pellikka, Petri ^a   Clark, Barnaby J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agricultural survey; Monte carlo simulation; Remote sensing; Taita hills

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955001649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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