Crop yield prediction from remotely sensed vegetation indices and primary productivity in arid and semi-arid lands

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 4570-4589

  Jaafar, Hadi H ^a   Ahmad, Farah A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS; ECOSYSTEM CARBONS; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARABLE LAND; ARID REGION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP YIELD; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 84943403082     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1084434     Document Type: Article

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