Predicting agricultural drought in eastern Rajasthan of India using NDVI and standardized precipitation index

Geocarto International

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 192-209

  Dutta, Dipanwita ^a   Kundu, Arnab ^b   Patel, N R ^c  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

Author keywords

agricultural drought prediction; fortnight (biweekly); NOAA AVHRR NDVI; predicted yield; SPI

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AVHRR; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; NDVI; NOAA SATELLITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; REMOTE SENSING;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 84879542477     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2012.679975     Document Type: Article

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