Agricultural drought monitoring using space-derived vegetation and biophysical products: A global perspective

Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 349-365

  Rembold, Felix ^a   Meroni, Michele ^a   Rojas, Oscar ^b   Atzberger, Clement ^c   Ham, Frederic ^d   Fillol, Erwann ^d  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d ACF West Africa Regional Office   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES;

AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT; BIOPHYSICAL PRODUCTS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 85011046694     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b19321     Document Type: Chapter

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