Prediction of vegetation anomalies to improve food security and water management in India

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 5290-5298

  Asoka, Akarsh ^a   Mishra, Vimal ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR   (India)

Author keywords

ENSO; food security; forecast; NDVI; vegetation dynamics; water management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENSO; FOOD SECURITY; NDVI; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; ROOT ZONE SOIL MOISTURES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

VEGETATION;

DECISION MAKING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FOOD SECURITY; NDVI; PREDICTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

INDIA;

EID: 84938206340     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063991     Document Type: Article

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