Relationships between primary production and crop yields in semi-arid and arid irrigated agro-ecosystems

International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives

Volumn 40, Issue 7W3, 2015, Pages 27-30

  Jaafar, H H ^a   Ahmad, F A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Analysis; Correlation; Crop; GIS; Satellite; Spatial

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETABLES;

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; ANALYSE; CORRELATION; CROP YIELD; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION YIELD; SEMI ARID; SPATIAL;

CROPS;

EID: 84930390503     PISSN: 16821750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-W3-27-2015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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