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Monitoring and predicting agricultural drought : a global study /

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Accurate monitoring and prediction of agricultural droughts helps manage them, minimize losses attributed to them, and mitigate their extreme forms, which some countries face even today. This book presents the basic concepts of agricultural drought, various remote sensing techniques used to monitor...

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Corporate Authors: Knovel (Firm), World Meteorological Organization
Other Authors: Boken, Vijendra K., Cracknell, Arthur P., Heathcote, R. L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Droughts.
Drought forecasting.
Climatic changes.
Meteorology, Agricultural > Remote sensing.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Accurate monitoring and prediction of agricultural droughts helps manage them, minimize losses attributed to them, and mitigate their extreme forms, which some countries face even today. This book presents the basic concepts of agricultural drought, various remote sensing techniques used to monitor them, and efforts by international organizations to check them.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 472 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780195162349
019516234X
9780198036784
0198036787
1423720261
9781423720263
9781601196811
1601196814
1280532858
9781280532856