Application of Remote Sensing to Agricultural Production Forecasting

A. Berg (Edited by)

• 1 Methods of crop production forecasting in the EEC — Present and expected trends in crop production 3 by GUnther Thiede 2 Present situation of agriculture in the developing world 11 by M. Frere 3 Ecophysiological fundamentals of plant production 23 by H.D. J. van Heemst 4 Bioclimatological aspects of crop production 33 by B . Seguin 5 Fundamentals of remote-sensing Relations between spectral signatures and physical properties of crops 47 by N. J. J.Bunnik 6 Economic benefits of improved crop information on wheat and all cereals for European countries 83 by Klaus P.H eiss, Francis M.Sand & Dean E. Farley 2 Crop-yield weather modelling 7 Crop-weather analysis models 105 by W.Baier 8 Water balance in crop-yield models 119 by W.Baier 9 Climate-crop regression yield model: An appraisal 131 by Clarence M. Sakamoto 10 Operational yield modeling and meteorological data flow 139 by Clarence M. Sakamoto 11 Simplified simulation models based on specified minimum data sets: The CROPEVAL concept 151 by Henry A. Nix 12 Future prospects of crop-weather models and use of remote sensing data 171 by Ph. Malet 13 Remote sensing agroclimatological methods 181 by G. Fraysse 14 General results of a European remote sensing project (AGRESTE) Agronomic considerations and needs of society 193 by A. Berg 15 Thermal sensing of soil moisture, evaporation and crop yield 213 by A.Rosema 16 Remote detection of crop diseases 225 by C.De Carolis & P.Amodeo 17 Agriculture and microwave remote sensing 231 by N. Lannelongue 18 Possibilities offered by satellites in agricultural remote sensing 261 by L.S.Walter