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
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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
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Electronic books.
Added Author
:
Boken, Vijendra K.
Cracknell, Arthur P.
Heathcote, R. L.
Added Corporate Author
:
World Meteorological Organization.
Electronic Access
:
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1170599-1001 | S600.7 .D76 A36 2005 | Online Knovel |