Application of remote sensing for estimating crop water requirements, yield and water productivity of wheat in the Gezira Scheme

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4281-4294

  Ahmed, Bashir Mohammed ^a   Tanakamaru, Haruya ^a   Tada, Akio ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; METEOROLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CROP WATER PRODUCTIVITY; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE ALGORITHM FOR LANDS; WATER MANAGEMENT APPROACHES;

REMOTE SENSING;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956628512     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160903246733     Document Type: Article

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