Remote sensing based yield estimation in a stochastic framework - Case study of durum wheat in Tunisia

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 539-557

  Meroni, Michele ^a   Marinho, Eduardo ^a   Sghaier, Nabil ^b   Verstrate, Michel M ^a   Leo, Olivier ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b National Centre for Cartography and Remote Sensing (CNCT)   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Multitemporal observations; Optical remote sensing; SPOT VGT; Statistical models; Yield

Indexed keywords

MULTI-TEMPORAL; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; SPOT-VGT; STATISTICAL MODELS; YIELD;

CROPS; DATA HANDLING; ESTIMATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84874761236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5020539     Document Type: Article

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