The delineation of agricultural management zones with high resolution remotely sensed data

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 471-487

  Song, Xiaoyu ^a,b,c   Wang, Jihua ^a,c   Huang, Wenjiang ^a,c   Liu, Liangyun ^a,c   Yan, Guangjian ^b   Pu, Ruiliang ^d  

^a NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Management zone (MZ); Optimized soil adjusted vegetation index (OSAVI); Quickbird imagery; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892075111     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-009-9108-2     Document Type: Article

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