Wheat and maize yield forecasting for the Tisza river catchment using MODIS NDVI time series and reported crop statistics

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 151, Issue , 2018, Pages 41-49

  Nagy, Attila ^a   Fehér, János ^a   Tamás, János ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Maize; MODIS; NDVI; Wheat; Yield forecast

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CROPS; DATA HANDLING; EFFICIENCY; FORECASTING; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; RUNOFF; TIME SERIES;

MAIZE; MAIZE YIELD; MODIS; NDVI; WHEAT; WHEAT YIELD; YIELD FORECAST; YIELD FORECASTING; YIELD LOSS; YIELD VALUE;

DROUGHT;

CATCHMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EXTREME EVENT; FORECASTING METHOD; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MAIZE; MODIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

CARPATHIAN BASIN; EUROPE; TISZA RIVER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85047784422     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2018.05.035     Document Type: Article

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