Monitoring and predicting agricultural drought : a global study

• Corporate Author: World Meteorological Organization.
• Other Authors: Boken, Vijendra K., (Editor), Cracknell, Arthur P., (Editor), Heathcote, R. L., (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
• Series: OUP E-Books.
• Subjects: Droughts.; Drought forecasting.; Climatic changes.; Meteorology, Agricultural > Remote sensing.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780195162349; 019516234X; 9780198036784; 0198036787; 1423720261; 9781423720263; 9781601196811; 1601196814; 1280532858; 9781280532856; 9786610532858; 6610532850; 1433701073; 9781433701078
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 472 pages) : illustrations, maps

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...