Monitoring and predicting agricultural drought a global study
by
 
Boken, Vijendra K.

Title
Monitoring and predicting agricultural drought a global study

Author
Boken, Vijendra K.

ISBN
9780195162349
 
9780198036784
 
9781423720263
 
9781601196811
 
9781280532856

Publication Information
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 472 pages) : illustrations, maps

Abstract
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.

Local Note
Knovel Library

Subject Term
Droughts.
 
Drought forecasting.
 
Climatic changes.
 
Meteorology, Agricultural -- Remote sensing.
 
NATURE -- Natural Disasters.
 
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
 
Climatic changes. (OCoLC)fst00864229
 
Drought forecasting. (OCoLC)fst00898438
 
Droughts. (OCoLC)fst00898449
 
Meteorology, Agricultural -- Remote sensing. (OCoLC)fst01018527

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Boken, Vijendra K.
 
Cracknell, Arthur P.
 
Heathcote, R. L.

Added Corporate Author
World Meteorological Organization.

Electronic Access
http://app.knovel.com/hotlink/toc/id:kpMPADAGS1/monitoring_and_predicting_agricultural_drought__a_global_study


LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book1170599-1001S600.7 .D76 A36 2005Online Knovel