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AgroMetShell Manual

Year of publication 2004

Pages 64 p.

Author Mukhala, E.;Hoefsloot, P.

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This AgroMetShell (AMS) manual has been prepared by the SADC Regional Remote Sensing Unit (RRSU), Harare, Zimbabwe. This is a joint collaboration been the Agrometeorology Group, Environment and Natural Resources Service (SDRN), Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations and the SADC Regional Early Warning System. The manual is a step-by-step handbook for use in data preparation, running the water requirement satisfaction index (WRSI) water balance model, image creation and yield est imation once the models have been developed for crop monitoring and early warning for food security.

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