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Remote sensing and agricultural meteorology have progressed rather independently but have strong mutual interests in the development of operational systems especially in the area of crop surveillance. Research results warrant the operational use of remote sensing techniques to provide quantitative information on crop acre-age, growth conditions and yields (Strome, 1975). Agricultural meteorology is concerned with the application of meteorological information to practical agriculture use. This discipline has also developed to the stage where operational systems for the assessment of vegetative conditions, crop yields and crop quality are being introduced (Baier, 1975). It is therefore appropriate at this time to review the data input requirements of such crop assessment techniques based on past and present meteorological data in relation to additional information provided by remote sensing techniques. Such an analysis is indeed essential for the proper coordination of research and operations of the various remote sensing and weather-based crop surveillance systems which are now mainly in the experimental stage.
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Baier, W. (1977). Information Requirements for Regional and Global Operational Systems in Agricultural Meteorology. In: Clough, D.J., Morley, L.W. (eds) Earth Observation Systems for Resource Management and Environmental Control. NATO Conference Series, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8864-1_12
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