Operational maize yield model development and validation based on remote sensing and agrometeorological data in Kenya

Proceedings, 32nd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment: Sustainable Development Through Global Earth Observations

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rojas, O ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crop monitoring; Early warning; Food security; NDVI; Quantitative yield forecast; Spectro agrometeorological model

Indexed keywords

CROP MONITORING; EARLY WARNING; FOOD SECURITY; NDVI; QUANTITATIVE YIELDS;

FOOD SUPPLY; METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PLANNING; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CROPS;

EID: 84880008255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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