An Investigation of Agricultural Drought on the United States Corn Belt Using Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS Technology
Institution: | George Mason University |
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Year: | 2014 |
Keywords: | Remote sensing; Geographic information science and geodesy; Agriculture; agricultural drought; GIS; remote sensing; the Corn Belt |
Record ID: | 2052365 |
Full text PDF: | http://hdl.handle.net/1920/8897 |
Agriculture is often the first and most vulnerable sector to be affected by drought events. As a rapidly developing technology, remote sensing coupled with Geographic Information Science (GIS) provides great potential for rapid and spatial-explicit agricultural drought monitoring. The research presented in this dissertation is dedicated to promoting agricultural drought monitoring and impact assessment using satellite remote sensing and GIS technology.