Title :
The application of geographic information system: Estimation of wheat yields in Shang Qiu County
Author :
Yanning, Guan ; Xinnian, Zheng ; Qiuhua, Wu
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Remote Sensing, Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China
Abstract :
Estimation of crop yield can assist agricultural planners and growers select crops and cultivars for a region and find ways to increase food production. This study uses a geographic information system (ARC/INFO) to gain a suitable index for assessing the effect of agroclimatic resources, landuse and type of soil on wheat yield. In addition, Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images were used to estimate wheat area. The study proposes to improve the way of estimation of wheat yield by using remote sensing. The study area is located at Shang Qiu County in China
Keywords :
agriculture; geographic information systems; geophysical techniques; geophysics computing; ARC; ARC/INFO; China; GIS; INFO; Landsat Thematic Mapper; Shang Qiu County; agriculture; crop yield; geographic information system; multispectral image; optical; remote sensing; remote sensing measurement technique; vegetation mapping; wheat yield; Crops; Geographic Information Systems; Large Hadron Collider; Meteorological factors; Production; Remote sensing; Satellites; Soil; Vegetation mapping; Yield estimation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1240-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322770
