MODIS-based corn grain yield estimation model incorporating crop phenology information

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 215-231

  Sakamoto, Toshihiro ^a   Gitelson, Anatoly A ^b   Arkebauer, Timothy J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop phenology; Green LAI; MODIS; Shape model fitting; U.S. Corn Belt

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CORN GRAIN YIELD; CORN YIELDS; CORN-PRODUCING STATE; CROP PHENOLOGY; CROP YIELD; DELAWARES; EAST COAST; FITTING METHOD; GEORGIA; GRAIN YIELD; GREEN LAI; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; KENTUCKY; LINEAR CORRELATION; MARYLAND; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; MISSISSIPPI; MISSOURIS; MODIS; NEBRASKA; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; NORTH DAKOTA; PENNSYLVANIA; REGIONAL SCALE; SHAPE-MODEL FITTING; SOUTH DAKOTAS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; WEST VIRGINIA; WISCONSIN;

AQUIFERS; BIOLOGY; CROPS; PHENOLS;

RADIOMETERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ANNUAL VARIATION; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAIZE; MODIS; PHENOLOGY; TIME SERIES;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84872872459     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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