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Title 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.

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

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 472 pages) : illustrations, maps
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 agricultural drought, various remote sensing techniques used to monitor them, and efforts by international organizations to check them.
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Subject Droughts.
Droughts.
Drought forecasting.
Drought forecasting.
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes.
Meteorology, Agricultural -- Remote sensing.
Meteorology, Agricultural -- Remote sensing.
Meteorology, Agricultural.
Indexed Term Handbooks
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Boken, Vijendra K.
Cracknell, Arthur P.
Heathcote, R. L.
World Meteorological Organization.
Other Form: Print version: Monitoring and predicting agricultural drought. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 019516234X (DLC) 2004000102 (OCoLC)54073374
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