Early Maize Yield Forecasting from Remotely Sensed Temperature/Vegetation Index Measurements

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 507-519

  Holzman, Mauro E ^a   Rivas, Raul E ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Optical Thermal; soil moisture; stress index; temperature vegetation dryness index (TVDI)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FOOD SUPPLY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; INDEX MEASUREMENTS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; REASONABLE ACCURACY; REMOTELY SENSED TEMPERATURE; SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY; TEMPERATURE-VEGETATION DRYNESS INDICES;

FORECASTING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUA (SATELLITE); CROP YIELD; FORECASTING METHOD; MAIZE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VEGETATION INDEX;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84954115594     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2504262     Document Type: Article

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