Evaluation of satellite-derived agro-climate variables in the Northern Great Plains of the United States

Geocarto International

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 613-626

  Lemons, Rebecca ^a   Hewitt, Andrea ^a   Kharel, Gehendra ^a   New, Cherie ^a   Kirilenko, Andrei ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

agro climate; AIRS; precipitation; relative humidity; temperature; TMPA

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DETECTION METHOD; ERROR CORRECTION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; GROWING SEASON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE DATA; TRMM;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84868147147     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2011.653408     Document Type: Article

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