The use of remote sensing data and meteorological information for food security monitoring, examples in east Africa

Advances in Earth Observation of Global Change

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 201-216

  Massart, Michel ^a   Rembold, Felix ^a   Rojas, Oscar ^a   Leo, Olivier ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agro Meteorological model; East Africa; Ethiopia; Food security; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885819897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9085-0_15     Document Type: Chapter

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