Forecasting crop yield using remotely sensed vegetation indices and crop phenology metrics

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 173, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-84

  Bolton, Douglas K ^a   Friedl, Mark A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central United States; Crop phenology; Crop yield forecasting; MODIS; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; FORECASTING METHOD; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; MODIS; NDVI; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SEMIARID REGION; SOYBEAN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875117682     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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