Applications of remote sensing in agriculture : [proceedings of the 48th Easter School in Agricultural Science held at University of Nottingham from 3rd - 7th April 1989

Agricultural remote sensing has an enormous potential impact on agribusiness and the international commodity trade through the development of systems to monitor crops and yields on the national and international scale. This volume reviews the achievements of remote sensing in agriculture, establishes the current state-of-the-art and looks at future developments. The following themes are addressed - opportunities for remote sensing, principles of remote sensing as applied to agriculture, including logistic considerations and fundamental spectral characteristics of vegetation, the estimation of biomass and productivity, effects of stress and its detection, discrimination and monitoring and new techniques in applying remote sensing Content: Proceedings of Previous Easter Schools in Agricultural Science, published by Butterworths, London , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Pages v-vi , M.D. Steven, J.A. Clark ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS , Page vii 1 - SENSORS, PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS; ACQUIRING AND MANAGING REMOTELY SENSED DATA , Pages 3-18 , J.A. ALLAN 2 - OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF VEGETATION CANOPIES , Pages 19-43 , G. GUYOT 3 - FACTORS AFFECTING THE RADIATIVE TEMPERATURE OF A VEGETATIVE CANOPY , Pages 45-72 , P. BOISSARD, G. GUYOT, R.D. JACKSON 4 - DISCRIMINATION AND MONITORING OF SOILS , Pages 75-95 , R. EVANS 5 - ESTIMATION OF RAINFALL USING GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE DATA , Pages 97-110 , J.R. MILFORD, G. DUGDALE 6 - APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN WATER MANAGEMENT , Pages 111-116,116a,116b,116c,116d,117-123 , G.J.A. NIEUWENHUIS, J.W. MILTENBURG, H.A.M. THUNNISSEN 7 - THEORETICAL PROBLEMS IN IMAGE CLASSIFICATION , Pages 127-135 , P.M. MATHER 8 - ESTIMATING PRODUCTION OF WINTER WHEAT BY REMOTE SENSING AND UNIFIED GROUND NETWORK. I. SYSTEM VERIFICATION , Pages 137-147 , LIU GUOXIANG, ZHENG DAWEI 9 - ESTIMATING PRODUCTION OF WINTER WHEAT BY REMOTE SENSING AND UNIFIED GROUND NETWORK. II. NATIONWIDE ESTIMATION OF WHEAT YIELDS , Pages 149-157 , LI YUZHU 10 - CROP INVENTORY STUDIES USING LANDSAT DATA ON A LARGE AREA IN HUNGARY , Pages 159-165 , G. CSORNAI, O. DALIA, J. FARKASFALVY, G. NÁDOR 11 - HIGH TEMPORAL FREQUENCY REMOTE SENSING OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION USING NOAA AVHRR , Pages 169-183 , S.D. PRINCE 12 - ESTIMATING GRASSLAND BIOMASS USING REMOTELY SENSED DATA , Pages 185-199 , E.T. KANEMASU, T.H. DEMETRIADES-SHAH, H. SU, A.R.G. LANG 13 - REMOTE SENSING TO PREDICT THE YIELD OF SUGAR BEET IN ENGLAND , Pages 201-206 , K.W. JAGGARD, C.J.A. CLARK 14 - HIGH-SPECTRAL RESOLUTION INDICES FOR CROP STRESS , Pages 209-227 , M.D. STEVEN, T.J. MALTHUS, T.H. DEMETRIADES-SHAH, F.M. DANSON, J.A. CLARK 15 - THE IDENTIFICATION OF CROP DISEASE AND STRESS BY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY , Pages 229-254 , R.H. BLAKEMAN 16 - ESTIMATION OF PLANT WATER STATUS FROM CANOPY TEMPERATURE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE INVERSE PROBLEM , Pages 255-271 , GAYLON S. CAMPBELL, JOHN M. NORMAN 17 - A SIMPLIFIED ALGORITHM FOR THE EVALUATION OF FROST-AFFECTED CITRUS , Pages 273-284 , M.A. GILABERT, D. SEGARRA, J. MELIÁ 18 - APPLICATIONS OF CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE IN STRESS PHYSIOLOGY AND REMOTE SENSING , Pages 287-305 , HARTMUT K. LICHTENTHALER 19 - APPLICATIONS OF RADAR IN AGRICULTURE , Pages 307-330 , M.G. HOLMES 20 - MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY FOR MONITORING AGRICULTURAL CROPS , Pages 331-353 , G. LUZI, S. PALOSCIA, P. PAMPALONI 21 - ON THE USES OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ACTIVE-MICROWAVE IMAGE DATA FOR AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS , Pages 355-374 , J.F. PARIS 22 - REMOTE SENSING IN AGRICULTURE: FROM RESEARCH TO APPLICATIONS , Pages 377-395 , C. KING, J. MEYER-ROUX 23 - REMOTE SENSING IN AGRICULTURE: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS , Pages 397-402 , J.L. MONTEITH LIST OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS , Pages 403-404 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS , Pages 405-413 Index , Pages 415-427 Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture contains the proceedings of the 48th Easter School in Agricultural Science, held at the University of Nottingham on April 3-7, 1989. The meeting invites 146 delegates from over 22 countries and contributions to this book come from nine countries. This book generally presents a review of the achievements of remote sensing in agriculture, establishes the state of the art, and gives pointers to developments. This text is organized into seven parts, wherein Parts I-III cover the principles of remote sensing, climate, soil, land classification, and crop inventories. Productivity; stress; techniques for agricultural applications; and opportunities, progress, and prospects in the field of remote sensing in agriculture are also discussed. Anais do 48th Easter School in Agricultural Science realizado na University of Nottingham de 3-7 abril de 1989 compreendendo princípios de sensoriamento remoto aplicado à agricultura, clima e solo, classificação de uso e cobertura das terras e inventários de colheitas, produtividade, fitopatologia e stress de culturas agrícolas, outras técnicas de monitoramento da agricultura, pesquisa relacionada às oportunidades, progresso e prospecção do sensoriamento remoto aplicado à agricultura Applies the principles of remote sensing for use in land classification and crop inventories, detecting diseases and water status, measuring climatic conditions and mapping variations in soil. It looks to future developments as well as reviewing the achievements of the past.