Comparing water-vegetative indices for rice (Oryza sativa L.)-wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) drought assessment

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-187

  Subash, N ^a   Ram Mohan, H S ^b   Banukumar, K ^c  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

^c Arts College   (India)

Author keywords

Anomaly NDVI; Drought assessment; Drought index; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; Productivity; Rainfall Index

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY NDVI; CEREAL PRODUCTION; COMBINED EFFECT; DROUGHT INDEX; DROUGHT INDICES; FOOD SECURITY; INDO-GANGETIC PLAINS; MONSOON RAINFALL; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; ORYZA SATIVA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; RAINFALL INDEX; RICE-WHEAT SYSTEM; SATURATION POINT; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FOOD SUPPLY; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; RATING; VEGETATION;

DROUGHT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT STRESS; FOOD SECURITY; NDVI; RAINFALL; RICE; WHEAT;

GANGETIC PLAIN;

ORYZA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79959709849     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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