A comparative analysis of multitemporal MODIS EVI and NDVI data for large-scale rice yield estimation

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 197, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-64

  Son, N T ^a   Chen, C F ^a   Chen, C R ^a   Minh, V Q ^b   Trung, N H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Mekong River Delta; MODIS; Rice crop; Smoothing; Yield estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; FOOD SECURITY; MODIS; NDVI; RICE; SATELLITE DATA;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84903465565     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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