Application of remote sensing in estimating maize grain yield in heterogeneous african agricultural landscapes: A review

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 23, 2017, Pages 6816-6845

  Chivasa, Walter ^a,b   Mutanga, Onisimo ^b   Biradar, Chandrashekhar ^c  

^a Seed Co   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; INFORMATION SERVICES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGE; MULTISPECTRAL SENSORS; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL SERVICES;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP YIELD; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; MAIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85050872372     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1365390     Document Type: Article

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