Monitoring and predicting agricultural drought : a global study

Monitoring and predicting agricultural drought : a global study / edited by Vijendra K. Boken, Arthur P. Cracknell, and Ronald L. Heathcote ; sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization.

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 agricultual drought, various remote sensing techniques used to monitor t...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: World Meteorological Organization (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Boken, Vijendra K. (Editor), Cracknell, Arthur P. (Editor), Heathcote, R. L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Droughts.
Drought forecasting.
Climatic changes.
Meteorology, Agricultural > Remote sensing.
drought.
climate change.
Climatic changes
Drought forecasting
Droughts
Meteorology, Agricultural > Remote sensing
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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 agricultual drought, various remote sensing techniques used to monitor them, and efforts by international organisations to check them.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2005.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 472 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197562109 (ebook)
0197562108 (ebook)
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on print version record and publisher information

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