Monitoring and Predicting Agricultural Drought - A Global Study (Hardcover, New)

Agricultural droughts affect whole societies, leading to higher food costs, threatened economies, and even famine. In order to mitigate such effects, researchers must first be able to monitor them, and then predict them; however no book currently focuses on accurate monitoring or prediction of these devastating kinds of droughts. To fill this void, the editors of Monitoring and Predicting Agricultural Drought have assembled a team of expert contributors from all continents to make a global study, describing biometeorological models and monitoring methods for agricultural droughts. These models and methods note the relationships between precipitation, soil moisture, and crop yields, using data gathered from conventional and remote sensing techniques. The coverage of the book includes probabilistic models and techniques used in America, Europe and the former USSR, Africa, Asia, and Australia, and it concludes with coverage of climate change and resultant shifts in agricultural productivity, drought early warning systems, and famine mitigation. This will be an essential collection for those who must advise governments or international organizations on the current scope, likelihood, and impact of agricultural droughts.
Sponsored by the World Meterological Organization

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2005
First published:	April 2005
Authors:	Vijendra K. Boken (Professor and Researcher, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering) • Arthur P. Cracknell (Center for Remote Sensing and Environmental Monitoring) • Ronald L. Heathcote (School of Geography, Population, and Environmental Management)
Dimensions:	242 x 163 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	492
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-516234-9
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural science Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Tropical agriculture: practice & techniques Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Agriculture & related industries
LSN:	0-19-516234-X
Barcode:	9780195162349

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