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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
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 472 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
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
Notes Previously issued in print: 2005
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Specialized
Notes Description based on print version record and publisher information
Subject Droughts.
Drought forecasting.
Climatic changes.
Meteorology, Agricultural -- Remote sensing
Climate Change
drought.
climate change.
Climatic changes
Drought forecasting
Droughts
Meteorology, Agricultural -- Remote sensing
Form Electronic book
Author Boken, Vijendra K., editor
Cracknell, Arthur P., editor
Heathcote, R. L., editor
World Meteorological Organization, sponsoring body.
ISBN 9780197562109 (ebook)
0197562108 (ebook)