Improving the timeliness of winter wheat production forecast in the United States of America, Ukraine and China using MODIS data and NCAR Growing Degree Day information

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 131-148

  Franch, B ^a,b   Vermote, E F ^b   Becker Reshef, I ^a   Claverie, M ^a,b   Huang, J ^c   Zhang, J ^b   Justice, C ^a   Sobrino, J A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GDD; MODIS; NCAR; Production; Winter wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FORECASTING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PIXELS; PRODUCTION; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

GDD; MODIS; NCAR; WINTER WHEAT; YIELD;

CROPS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CLIMATE MODELING; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FORECASTING METHOD; GROWING SEASON; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; NDVI; PIXEL; POLICY MAKING; WHEAT; WINTER;

CHINA; UKRAINE; UNITED STATES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 85027950286     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.02.014     Document Type: Article

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