Yield estimation and forecasting for winter wheat in Hungary using time series of modis data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 3394-3414

  Bognár, Péter ^a   Kern, Anikó ^a   Pásztor, Szilárd ^a   Lichtenberger, János ^b   Koronczay, Dávid ^a   Ferencz, Csaba ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CURVE FITTING; RADIOMETERS; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CURVE FITTING METHODS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NDVI TIME SERIES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; STATISTICAL OFFICES;

FORECASTING;

CROP YIELD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; MODIS; NDVI; TIME SERIES; WHEAT; WINTER;

HUNGARY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 85034816322     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1295482     Document Type: Article

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